Most students avoid the reflective nature the writing process requires. Their resistance to meta-cognition, thinking about one's thinking, often means they are incapable of capitalizing on their strengths or improving upon their weaknesses. The author believes students who are familiar with writers' lives and habits will be that much more…

Provides the transcript of an extended conversation among 11 practicing teachers concerning the changes in instruction and the resulting controversy in the Albemarle County, Virginia, school system. Laments the problems and controversy produced. (HB)