Thanks very much for your comment Bridgette!

It seems that there are many factors contributing to and influencing the ways in which (at least some) secondary and post-secondary schools today inadequately expose students to, and teach students about, the art and philosophy of writing.

On the one hand, my sympathies go out to those teachers, professors, and even administrators who genuinely wish to help students develop strong writing abilities but are hampered by a host of restrictive adminsitrative-bureaucratic dynamics, such as overly large class sizes, insufficiently condensed timeframes, and standardized testing.

On the other hand, I also feel for all those students who are being “robbed” of an intensive, intimate, and analytical educational experience centred on developing the critical thinking abilities that are so crucial to developing as a person and especially as a writer.

This sentiment, in fact, is one of the reasons why I write articles such as the one on which you’ve commented (and why I’ve dedicated several years to teaching university students how to become more sophisticated and insightful writers).