Read a great article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Tough Teachers Get Results." The writer, Joanne Lipman, was recounting her experience with a teacher who called his students "idiots." When he died, she writes that "40 years' worth of former students and colleagues flew back to New Jersey hometown from every corner of the country...to play a concert in his memory."
As she rightly...
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The myth that writing is a skill that one is either "born with" or not is inherently false. Writing can be taught; more to the point, how to write effectively can be taught. One reason that many professionals don't write well is that they simply lack the necessary tools. For instance, many workplace professionals use one or two "strategies" (outlining is a common one) when writing, even if those...
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