Troy interviews Troy
I interviewed myself on StoryCorps. Check it.
Multigenre
I think the concept of a "multigenre paper" is fascinating. It certainly caters to more diverse student knowledge than confining student assignments to create one singular type of paper. I reflect back on many (if not all) of the papers I wrote in high-school - they were all informational/research papers. The thought of writing anything resembling a creative piece, especially in my college credit courses, was a foregone conclusion. We were taught to write in one kind of way - this one style of writing would provide "all we need" in our academic careers moving forward. Somehow I wound up specializing in creative writing during my undergrad. I remember taking my first poetry course during my freshman year and falling in love with it. I had never done any form of creative writing before, save for trying to write lyrics for my pseudo-christian metalcore band at the time (don't ask). I had never learned these skills, so I was far behind my fellow classmates, but ...
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