That'll teach that kid - never, ever write anything remotely creative for a public school, it's a waste of time and it'll get you in trouble. If you want to write, you can put it in a weblog or on wordpress, or you can submit it to publications that publish the kinds of things you write about. Writing is a craft involving creativity and thinking and observation and discipline. It requires a significantly longer attention span than any public school could possibly tolerate. Public schools inculcate obedience to arbitrary authority and discourage creativity and independent critical analysis, which is why they have nothing of value to people who wish to educate themselves in the writer's craft.
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That'll teach that kid - never, ever write anything remotely creative for a public school, it's a waste of time and it'll get you in trouble. If you want to write, you can put it in a weblog or on wordpress, or you can submit it to publications that publish the kinds of things you write about. Writing is a craft involving creativity and thinking and observation and discipline. It requires a significantly longer attention span than any public school could possibly tolerate. Public schools inculcate obedience to arbitrary authority and discourage creativity and independent critical analysis, which is why they have nothing of value to people who wish to educate themselves in the writer's craft.