Summary Of Bonehead Writing By Craig Vetter
Diagnostic Essay
Can a human be taught to write? This is the underlying question in “Bonehead Writing” by Craig Vetter. Vetter claims that a teacher cannot teach a student to write because writing is a way of thinking. While Vetter believes this idea, the concept is flawed. Anybody can be taught to write.
Every skill that a person knows had to be learned at one time. Writing is a skill that every literate person has learned. When a baby is born, they only “know” the necessities to survive, but the things they “know” are not cognitive processes. Their heart beats; they breathe, but they do not have to think about either one of these things. Actions that require thought such as reading or writing are not known to them. If teaching these
Can a human be taught to write? This is the underlying question in “Bonehead Writing” by Craig Vetter. Vetter claims that a teacher cannot teach a student to write because writing is a way of thinking. While Vetter believes this idea, the concept is flawed. Anybody can be taught to write.
Every skill that a person knows had to be learned at one time. Writing is a skill that every literate person has learned. When a baby is born, they only “know” the necessities to survive, but the things they “know” are not cognitive processes. Their heart beats; they breathe, but they do not have to think about either one of these things. Actions that require thought such as reading or writing are not known to them. If teaching these