
Why Write?
Students often regard writing with disdain, greeting any written assignments with the question, “Why do we have to write out our answers? Why is this important?” Well…I tell students... Because the entire first one-third of your life you need to please, and impress those who are older; teachers, colleagues, supervisors, professors, people who grew up writing on yellow legal pads, in steno books, and in blue composition books. They continue to see the written form of communica