Microtheme Corrections

What Are They Teaching Us?

            In the past few years of my education, I have been taught how to write using the five-paragraph essay technique. My high school teachers have drilled this method into my brain making sure I had all the components of the five-paragraph essay. During my first week in college, I walked into my Introduction to Writing class to find out that the five-paragraph isn't the only way to write. Is there a reason why students aren't being taught the broader method of writing from the very beginning?

           Teaching students the five-paragraph method may be detrimental and hold students back from their writing capability. Using rhetorical strategies in a writing assignment helps formalize and bring the paper together. With only the basic knowledge of putting ideas into paragraphs high school students do not have the proper skills to begin a college writing course. Is it because there are so many other important things to high school students that they don't have time to learn this technique? Maybe high school teachers don't realize the importance of preparing a high school student for college and believe that this method is enough. It could also be that teachers have been using the five-paragraph method for years and do not know when is the proper time to teach a student other wise. The traditional method might be falling away.

By looking into this dilemma high school students’ knowledge might be increased and perhaps allow college freshman to have an easier transition from high school to college.

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After revising this paper it helped me see how to put ideas together for my own microtheme. The consequences was full of questions that just needed rewording to be put together. The ending was simple and to the point which I liked. It gave me an idea to how to approach my ending.