The Soul Crushing Student Essay: Analysis by Anna Buono https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l en-us 2018-04-30 11:43:49 UTC 2025-10-14 22:19:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487633 Kids should stop waiting to write about themselves until something important happens to them because their lives are already worthy of attention.]]> 2018-04-30 13:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487633 y https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487674 y'all are special snowflakes and should write personal essays]]> 2018-04-30 13:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487674 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487749 Young people have something to say and shouldn't refrain from telling their stories because of their age]]> 2018-04-30 13:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487749 Students are taught to separate their personal lives from their writing and this is bad, their devotions actually matter. https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487783 2018-04-30 13:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487783 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487970 Students need to understand the importance of their own thoughts and unique perspectives, which they should include in their own writing]]> 2018-04-30 13:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256487970 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488000 kids are all writing in a passive, detached voice and writing like robots. he worries for the future of students and wants them to be like "yeah!!! my life is super duper interesting and here's why!!"]]> 2018-04-30 13:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488000 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488114 Teachers cause kids to write in a structured, detached manner. Students should incorporate their own lives into their writing]]> 2018-04-30 13:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488114 Students need to learn to combine interests with writing https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488317 2018-04-30 13:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488317 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488330 Students are growing up being told by teachers that they should not write about their own experiences, which causes them to be unable to write about themselves when they are asked. ]]> 2018-04-30 13:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488330 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488372 Students are being taught to write in a way that separates their own perspective from their writing, which is a problem that needs to be fixed]]> 2018-04-30 13:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488372 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488385 Kids should start writing about themselves more]]> 2018-04-30 13:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488385 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488421 Student's should realize their own peculiarity, and write about it. ]]> 2018-04-30 13:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488421 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488465 Teachers and students should value the unique lives and experiences of students.]]> 2018-04-30 13:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488465 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488723 lots of quotes/allusions to famous writers and books; examples he's seen as a teacher; anecdotes from his own life.]]> 2018-04-30 13:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488723 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488993 anecdotes, diction appeals to young people, call to action]]> 2018-04-30 13:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256488993 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489059 Talks about specific scenario of being in class and the student says "We can write with I?"- this is relatable because a lot of students can relate to not being able to use I in their writing. Also he includes support from other notable writers to back up his argument that the experiences of young people matter]]> 2018-04-30 13:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489059 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489216 Korb, a writing teacher, wants his students to express themselves (and do it in a grammatically correct way)]]> 2018-04-30 13:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489216 Feeling passionate about something is not wrong especially in school writing https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489268 2018-04-30 13:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489268 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489404 Many of his students are taught to write without voice or personal interests. Korb wants students to realize it is okay to write with personal pronouns and anecdotes and all that schnazy stuff. ]]> 2018-04-30 13:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489404 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489533 Korb sees the problem with students every year because he teaches them]]> 2018-04-30 13:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489533 feedback from students in class as well as seeing them outside of class https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489733 2018-04-30 13:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489733 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489903 Students are being taught to write impersonally about topics not relating to themselves. Korb wants students to write about their own peculiarity ]]> 2018-04-30 13:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489903 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489977 students do not take their own lives seriously enough, and teachers do not value the lives of their students enough]]> 2018-04-30 13:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256489977 his own experience with "northern florida" and his writing about something that happened to him at young age https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490025 2018-04-30 13:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490025 He reads hundreds of student essays and finds them soul crushing. He wants students to express their peculiarity in their writing. https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490027 2018-04-30 13:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490027 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490038 Teachers should allow students to write with personal interests rather than being robots trained to write about things hyper-analytically]]> 2018-04-30 13:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490038 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490055 The message of the piece is for students to express their experiences in their writing and incorporate their lives into their school work.]]> 2018-04-30 13:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490055 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490350 Familiar anecdotes, allusions]]> 2018-04-30 13:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490350 opening anecdote https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490764 2018-04-30 13:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490764 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490775 "The rally was held because Congress was lobbied and guns were purchased." ]]> 2018-04-30 13:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490775 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490783 he wants students to look around at what baffles them and embrace their peculiar themselves, especially in writing]]> 2018-04-30 13:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256490783 Parkland Shooting - you don't have to experience that to be peculiar. Very relevant https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491229 2018-04-30 13:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491229 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491308 anecdotes]]> 2018-04-30 13:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491308 https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491482 experience as teacher, reading students' writing, and experience with own self, discovering peculiar self]]> 2018-04-30 13:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491482 quotations from other sources https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491680 2018-04-30 13:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/256491680 Be https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/1957257960 2021-12-20 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/buono_anna/i3l4ywgbpj4l/wish/1957257960