Recently, in a creative-writing context, diekreuzen wrote: I’m glad I missed my last fiction class. Since we’re coming to the end, students are starting to get touchy about their progress. They wonder why their writing hasn’t gotten better. They’re lashing out at the critiques, questioning their usefulness. Such displays make me cringe–like witnessing adult temper tantrums. All of this is the unhappy realization that no one can tell you how to write. You have to figure it out for yourself. I have been thinking about this. Post-midterm, I have been making strong efforts to ensure students in my elementary writing …