Response to Joyce Armstrong Carroll

I agree with Carroll's thesis that writing should go public. In any case, there ought to be a real audience for what students write. Very little writing is meant for oneself: shopping lists, diaries, lists of things to do. Most other types of writing need to be written with an audience in mind. The suggestions for making the writing public were useful. Besides, students enjoy reading each other's writing far more than they like reading most literature. Plus, with blogging, getting writing published and read by others is easier than ever.