Shipka

  • For this week’s assignment, I chose an article about the Trump administration’s plan to shrink and restructure the Department of Education. What stood out to me right away is how much the entire debate relies on strategic language. Supporters frame the changes as reducing “heavy-handed federal intervention” and “right-sizing” the department, while critics argue the

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  • Geoffrey Sirc talks about composition like it should be a “happening,” and honestly, as a writer, that makes perfect sense to me. Writing feels better when it’s an experience instead of an assignment. It works when it’s a little messy, a little playful, and connected to whatever is going on in real life. After all,

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