While I understand that grades are neccessary for our current education system, why are we not able to come up with a way to provide grades while also promoting exploration and discovery in writing? Is teaching and grading writing that involves a proper intellectual process simply not as viable or effecient compared to the current system we have in place?

I heavily resonate with Khafka and Stielstra's strategy. As the author puts it, life is hectic and it is easy to get caught up in its motions. Stielstra uses this writing strategy as a means to take a moment to clear her thoughts. With getting caught up in the aspects of life, sometimes comes with hyperfixating on a single idea or perspective. Khafka going over the same idea in repetition allows him to see it from different persepctives, which I think is an important and valuable skill to have in life.

I generally dislike writing essays, but love to sit alone with topics like these in my head. When I think about them, the words and ideas are clearly articulated. If I were to translate it onto an essay format I would come up blank. I wonder why that is? Maybe it is due to having to work with the formatting constraints the author brings up later on.