Teachers are Encouraging Bullshit: A Response to Kylie Medieros

Authors

• Maxine Freda, University of Massachusetts Boston

Abstract

Maxine Freda is a computer science major from Plympton, MA. She states that this essay—a response to Kylie Medeiros’s Undercurrents essay from last year—”was a way for me to air my grievances with the rigidly structured way the school system teaches writing in high school.” Maxine notes that this is the first essay she ever wrote where she cared so strongly about the topic. She shares that this type of writing process was “far more enjoyable and resulted in something I could be proud of.” The freedom to write about “what I want in the way that I want” was one of the main contributors to Maxine’s writing process, and she found that this freedom “completely changed my personal outlook on writing, making it something I now find personally rewarding.” Maxine credits her sister, Izzy, for being a support in this process — and in all that she does.

Recommended Citation

Freda, Maxine (2023) "Teachers are Encouraging Bullshit: A Response to Kylie Medieros," Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.umb.edu/undercurrents/vol3/iss2/5