What Does It Mean to Write in an Everyday Life?
There is a paradox to literacy in our contemporary societies. This generation – sometimes called digital natives – read and write more than any other in history; yet, they are also as adverse to writing activities as all others. Go ahead, and ask any student on any college campus when was the last time they wrote anything. They will stare at you askew and hesitate to answer (and not only because you just accosted them minding their own business with a random question.)
This dislike of literacy, I admit, is multifaceted. There are social, economic, and political reasons that over determine people s disinclination to reading and writing. With that said, one source worth pointing out – because it is unintentional – of people s resistance to it comes writers and teachers. People whom one would think should be champions of literacy.