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Why schools should eliminate creative writing from High School English classes
1. Statistically most will not become writers
2. Statistically most will be applying to colleges, where all writing is in the form of essays/research papers
4. It is a more realistic challenge for creative writers to incorporate their creativity into the essay format.
3. Students who wish to pursure creative writing can do so in an elective course

The truth is that many, many things fi
Statistics show that less than 1% of Honors English students will become writers. However, over 85% of them say that they wish to apply for college. Given this information, it would be unfair to force
We'd all rather write a tale of the Jack and his phantasmigorical notonly because itis fun, but because there are low expectations of quality. Creative writing can mean creative plot structure, grammar, even spelling. Such is the genre and the teacher'sexpectations that themore retarded your sto even more "creative".
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