by Amairini Sanchez As a grad student, I am constantly learning how to improve my writing and I am often skeptical in considering myself a good writer. Throughout my early years in school, writing is something that I struggled with significantly because English was my second language. On account of my early writing struggles, pursuing…
by Christina Crespo Will this be on the exam? Is there partial credit? What do I need to do to get an ‘A’? I’ve often heard these questions from students (and I certainly remember thinking them as a student myself). The stress placed on grades can be intense in undergraduate courses, an understandable phenomenon given…
by Leda Lozier When I was assigned at the beginning of the semester in my Writing Intensive Program (WIP) course to create a presentation about a topic on writing that I would teach in five minutes—a 5MT—I was nervous and anxious. I asked myself, “What can I teach in only five minutes”?! I thought about…
by Edgar Alarcón Tinajero As a teaching assistant at UGA, I’ve primarily worked in larger introductory-level courses. I came into the WIP course with a couple assumptions about teaching and writing based on my experience as an undergraduate student. I assumed that instructors: don’t read the whole assignment (Assumption 1). are looking for a particular answer…