You’re Going to Need This for College

Authors

Andrew Hollinger, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

When I first heard a teacher say, “You’re going to need this for college,” I was a high school student. I heard the phrase again when I began teaching 10th grade English, and I wondered, as a first-year teacher, whether that was the teacher version of “Because I said so,” or if, more tragically, it was what teachers said in response to the often asked, “Why do I have to learn this?” when they didn’t really know the answer. The teachers I worked with, however, were very smart and some of the most student-centered educators I’ve ever known, so it’s hard for me to fully believe that.

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Recommended Citation

Hollinger, Andrew. “You’re Going To Need This For College.” Bad Ideas About Writing, edited by Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe, West Virginia University Libraries, 2017, pp. 344–48, https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas/badideasaboutwriting-book.pdf#page=344.

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Publication Title

Bad Ideas About Writing