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I spent three years reading college essays. Not the polished ones that made it into admissions brochures, but the real…

I've spent the better part of a decade reading student essays, academic papers, and the occasional LinkedIn post that someone…

I've been writing essays for longer than I care to admit. Started in high school, continued through college, and somehow…

I've spent the last six years reading argumentative essays. Not the ones that get published in journals or win prizes.…

I've spent the better part of a decade consuming media in every conceivable format, and I can tell you with…

I didn't understand what made an explanatory essay different until I was sitting in a café in Barcelona, watching a…

I've been writing informative essays for over a decade now, and I still remember the moment I realized most people…

I've been staring at my essay for three hours now, and I genuinely cannot tell if it's good or terrible.…

I've spent the better part of a decade reading student essays, and I can tell you something that might surprise…

I didn't understand the power of a call to action until I was sitting in a community college classroom, watching…

I've been teaching writing for nearly a decade now, and I've read thousands of essays. Some of them made me…

I've been staring at this essay for twenty minutes, and I still don't know what to do with it. The…

I've been reading student essays for nearly fifteen years now, and I can tell you something that keeps me up…

I've spent enough time staring at blank pages and wrestling with dense passages to know that text analysis isn't something…

I've spent the better part of a decade staring at blank pages, watching students panic at 11 PM the night…

I've spent the better part of a decade teaching students how to dissect images, paintings, photographs, and visual media. When…