In grade school, we were required to try our hand at playing an instrument. I, along with about 30 of my fellow 4 th graders, wanted the drums. I ended up with the clarinet. I did not want to play the ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support from the Office of Academic Affairs of the City University of New York ...

Writing a dissertation to get a degree and award basically will not consider how to make academic innovations for your dissertation. As a result, it is very difficult to publish it and to publish it.

Writing starts way before you put letters to a page. It involves processes like critical thinking, communication, and creativity. Even if writing feels like pulling teeth, you can apply the principles ...

From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental processes ...

Through my work study position as a Career Assistant in the Career Center, one of my responsibilities is to edit students’ resumes and provide them with guidance on how to optimize their chances of ...