Skip toThis is a piece I published in Aeon two years ago about the persistence of the five-paragraph essay, which has evolved into the five-chapter dissertation and the five-section journal article. Formalism reins supreme. Here’s the link to the original. The Five-Paragraph Essay Writing essays by a formula was meant to be a step on the … Continue reading The Five-Paragraph Fetish
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 