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Why Composition Instruction Matters

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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Why Composition Instruction Matters

...according to Mrs. McCabe's former students

"I was able to test out of the general English class at Purdue, which freed me to take other classes and graduate early."

"I was able to test out of the general English class at Purdue, which freed me to take other classes and graduate early."

"There is a mindset that you emphasized and I developed in your class: To be critical and support all claims. And surprisingly, it has aided me well in the scientific field. It's oddly similar to behavioral analysis."

"Composition analysis is the backbone of most economic papers. It's really paid off on my essays that pushed forward very unconventional views in my economic classes."

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"Every paper I ever wrote in college far exceeded my professor's expectations."

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"I literally wouldn't have made it through college writing courses let alone grad school without what I learned... even though I never thought I'd need to know ANY of that stuff while I was sitting in Ms. B's classroom seven years ago!"

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"Your class made me a better student, thinker, reader, and artist."

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"My biology professor actually asked me for a letter of recommendation when it came time for his department review, and he in turn wrote one for me when I was applying to grad school... all because I had proved in his class that someone had taught me how to write effectively."

"Basically, composition analysis is the creative side of the scientific method, and that's pretty cool."

"You really pushed me, and I needed that."