2/22/12 "Student Metaphors of Themselves as Writers"

           The article “Student Metaphors of Themselves as Writers” is organized to show the different types of struggles students go through with their writing.  Many students who think they are poor writers are scared of writing papers and find them very unenjoyably to write.  Other students find it easier to write and think they are strong writers.  The article shows different problems that students encounter in their writing. 

           The central claim of each section in the article is that students often pick their weakest points in writing and try to identify their problems.  Many of the students wrote very strong metaphors for themselves.    The overall thesis is to show students that they can identify their own problems.  Then students can work together with other students and the teacher to try to solve their writing problems.  The idea is also to show students that they know more than they think and are creative to come up with good metaphors for their writing.