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I think its probably also true that confusion is only valuable in moderation. Too much confusion can easily lead to feeling lost and a sense of dispair that is deeply harmful to learning. But I find that many of my students have a difficult time with any confusion at all. They crave that feeling of everything being explained so it just makes sense, and can quickly fall into a sense of helplessness at the first signs of confusion. So it would seem increasing my students ‘confusion tolerance’ is also necessary.

I want my students to feel the power of writing, the power of their writing. Writing is communication.  It deserves an audience.  And that's the bottom line:  I don't want my students to see me as their audience.  I want them to leave my classes seeing the world as their potential audience.