The thinking seemed to be that the more fancy words and complex sentence structures they could shoehorn into an essay, the greater their likelihood of getting an A. Much of my job consisted of ...

We need to do a much better job of teaching our students to write effectively. Effective writing is far too important to be left to freshman rhetoric and composition courses or designated writing ...

In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...

I'm pretty bad at being an employee. I openly despise meetings, I say exactly what's on my mind, and I sincerely believe that many managers exist only to waste the time of otherwise productive people.

Narrative essays are completely different from the tasks we get in academia more often. Narratives can be written using personal pronouns. Moreover, you don’t have to spend hours looking for relevant ...

For some people, writing an essay is easy and simple, just sit down at the computer and start typing. But it is much harder to write a successful essay. You might ask yourself whether it’s okay to pay ...

Writing essays is a big part of student life. Whether it’s a research paper, a persuasive essay, or an analysis, assignments can pile up quickly. Sometimes, students just don’t have enough time to do ...