In the book Bad ideas about writing many different articles are presented one of the articles that I  found the most interesting was called you can learn to write in general by Elizabeth Wardle.  In her article the bad idea that is being presented is the thought that you can learn to write in one specific way and apply that to every single writing situation you’ll be in. She states that this is a bad idea because there is no one specific way to write saying ” Different situations call for different contents in your writing and different writing styles. So trying to learn how to write in one specific way will stifle and frustrate the student as a writer. Elizabeth even point-blank says “You can’t do it, because it can’t be done. There is no such thing
as writing in general. Writing is always in particular.”(Wardle pg ,30) So A better idea I am presenting is instead of having one specific writing class that students take each year, they have a form of writing implemented into every class. Cause every single class you take will require you to write something that will differ from your English class and broaden your views on how and what you can write. Doing this can also increase the student’s adaption level in life so they can do more with what they’re given instead of relying on a formula. This can also boost a student’s confidence in writing make them feel as if they’re able to rely on themselves and their own thoughts. Doing this also makes their writing more creative and well written.   In order to produce the best work and learn how to be flexible with everything, you write it’s important to be taught the different ways each professor would like for you to present that in their class. Proof that writing is needed in every class is from a site called EDsoucre. com which talks about how at Brownlee union High school children weren’t doing well in their writings that  ” What worried them most was the poor quality of students’ writing, which showed some lacked the ability to make coherent arguments for projects” after this, they started implementing som form of writing into each class including math science and history and after that, the students started to show undeniable progress. Stating” English language arts scores rose 30.6 percentage points to 64.6 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards on Smarter Balanced tests from 2014-15 to 2016-17, while math scores increased by nearly 17 percentage points to 29.9 percent achieving those benchmarks.” this helps prove that learning to write in different settings, environments, and structures, in the end, makes you not only a better writer, but a better student in general.As their grades not only went up in just their English classes but every class as a whole. This shows how incredibly important writing is in every single subject not just reading or English but classes like math and science too.  There is no way to write in general because writing is supposed to be a stream of consciousness once you’re given different things a new way to write should pop up in your mind and creativity should take over. Trying to only write in one specific way robs you of fully making something original. You have to learn to adapt to different writing styles in every situation whether it applying for a new job, Typing out an essay for a new college class as opposed to a high school one. or simply sending an email everything you write in life will be different but that is the beauty of wiritng.