Here is an interesting article by Will Fitzhugh, who for years has been trying to get people to notice that writing is gradually disappearing from the K-12 curriculum.
I noticed that myself quite a few years ago when my students struggled to write even the simplest of essays. Some admitted that they had gone through their K-12 years, hardly ever having to write a paper or essay. True-false and multiple-choice tests throughout. With many teachers now the product of the “let kids write any way they want to” approach, we probably couldn’t get good writing instruction even if we wanted it. On a large scale, anyway. Individual parents who think the ability to write well is important can and should take matters into their own hands. In the future, with an ever-greater percentage of the population having a college degree, employers will look more at demonstrable ability, including writing and less at paper credentials.
