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Article: Death gets a B: addressing personal disclosures in students' writings.(Special Section: Science and Math)
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- College Teaching
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- June 22, 1998
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Increasingly, we live in a world that encourages personal disclosure. We see it on television talk shows and in the popularity of memoirs and autobiographies. We also see it in the classroom, where our students echo behaviors in the world around them by sharing their personal experiences, either vocally or in writing.
Certainly, the increased acceptance of the personal in the public domain can be seen as valuable. As a writing teacher, I encourage students to find a personal connection with their topics. Often I have deeply appreciated the powerful, compelling writing I have received in reply. Further, the disclosure of the personal in teaching is encouraged by ...