Minding The Campus By Leo Krubner
Writing is a fundamentally human act. There may be evolving technologies that can string words together into grammatically sound statements, but they do not encompass all of writing. Actual writing ultimately incorporates the many mysteries of our consciousness. These include, but are certainly not limited to, intelligence, intuition, inspiration, insight, and imagination. These are the entirely human attributes that enable us to rise above the act of collation to the level of creativity.
In developing our writing, we develop our thinking, and in developing our thinking, we begin to shape our lives and the lives of those around us. There are undoubtedly other avenues of self-development, but it would be supremely imprudent to in any way minimize the important role that writing can play. It is a powerful tool for refining our intellects, organizing our thoughts, and expressing our ideas. Writing thus enables us to promote not just the development of a given individual but even the very nature of a society.
With these ideas in mind, I entered a state university graduate program on composition pedagogy in the early 2020s. But the professor for two of the four required courses adopted an overtly ideological approach to the material. And I ultimately came to feel alarmed both at the radicalization prevalent in much of composition theory and at what that might portend for the current and future state of writing instruction…
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