Writing in an Illiterate World

I have found through teaching my juniors that persuasion is a thing that most people use on a daily basis. I have also found that by teaching something step-by-step they seem to actually understand it better. I have also found that through modeling what I want through writing my own essays and sharing them with the students, they seem to see that, "Yes, if my teacher does it, I can do it too, it IS possible."

Of course, with this I have ran into my critics, but not everyone will like my style of writing and I know I am not the best writer either, but at least I am sharing my writing. That is the only way to prove a point I think, is by actually trying something yourself and not just talking at the students. They need to see that you can do it too and that it is a feasible project for them to undertake. If there is no connection with the real world, then they won't see the worth in what you teach. There are many real-world applications to writing, but my students, they just don't see it yet. Hopefully by the time they leave my classroom they will have the basics down.

One can only hope...