i don’t think we should write essays. instead we should just talk to the teacher. tell them what we think about some topic. writing things down is too concrete and almost superficial, real learning comes from speaking your mind. when i write essays i spend too much time deleting things that i’ve written and not enough time moving forward. when you speak to someone there is no delete button. you can change anything after you’ve said it you don’t have to think of what to write next you just speak your mind and think. essays you think of the topic you answer the question but i don’t actually learn something from writing them. or even worse, i start writing an essay and naturally i change my mind about the whole topic. not because i can’t decide what to write about but because while writing the essay i did actually learn something. with speaking changing your mind is good, it means you’re learning and thinking. it’s much easier to change your mind while speaking than it is to delete however much of the essay you’ve already written and start over. but alas, here i am writing my thoughts down and contradicting myself. these words are set in stone now. i am a hypocrite. but the mind is a curious thing and i spend so much time using my brain and experiencing everything that it is only natural that i forget something.
i can speak for hours about one topic but once i have that paper infront of me. the blinking line just sitting there static. nothing comes to my head.
also, who needs capitalization?
quinn valence
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