QUOTE: On the Weekly Standard's letters this week, I found the following:
"As an ex-teacher and parent I would add to David Skinner that some kids have too much homework and many need better homework. Does an assignment really improve subject mastery? Or is it a thoughtless exercise in applying a simple formula for essay writing?"
If the experiences I've had in college are any indication, a lot of people needed many more runs through the essay writing formula (including my favorite, the guy who wrote a seven-page paper broken up into five paragraphs. He'd obviously paid a little attention, but...).
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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