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...generous use of Harvardian allusions (the curator of the Springfield Historical Society is named Hollis Hurlbut), Schur says he doesn’t rely on college for comedy. “I don’t think undergraduate experiences have really tangibly ‘shown up in my writing?? per se,” he writes, “except perhaps in some kind of Proustian/Spinozan collective conscious experience way. Please do not write that I used ‘Proustian/Spinozan collective conscious experience’ in my interview. I don’t really even know...
...Expos, in its final weeks, and concentration classes, in their first discussions of writing, need to explain how the skills one acquired in Expos are transferable to one’s current and future writings. Teaching fellows need to be better and more consistently trained to respond to student writing??and this sort of instruction is already offered through the Harvard Writing Project, albeit only on a case-by-case, voluntary basis. Professors should be encouraged to make writing instruction—not just writing practice and criticism—an integral part of their courses. And wherever...
...well even before Expos tend to gain confidence in their ability to write at the college level. Expos teaches students a methodology and lexicon that they can apply broadly to writing assignments. These techniques, outlined in the Harvard Writing Center’s “Strategies for Essay Writing?? hand-outs, can be used to dissect essay prompts, analyze texts, develop a thesis, and construct an argument...
...concentrate on improving their writing. Instead, easily accessible, general subjects allow students to develop a variety of ideas and learn how to write about them most effectively. Such principles of good writing are then transferable across fields, within which one can increase the level of the subject and the writing??s technicality...
...Expos, in its final weeks, and concentration classes, in their first discussions of writing, need to explain how the skills one acquired in Expos are transferable to one’s current and future writings. Teaching fellows need to be better and more consistently trained to respond to student writing??and this sort of instruction is already offered through the Harvard Writing Project, albeit only on a case-by-case, voluntary basis. Professors should be encouraged to make writing instruction—not just writing practice and criticism—an integral part of their courses. And wherever...