EE Category 1 (Oryx and Crake)
Have you ever noticed the way in which, presented with the writing of a peer, students can become the most amazing critics? They can readily identify all the mistakes and errors of another (including some that may not exist), whilst simultaneously struggling to get the basics right in their own writing. This is not to criticize the hubris of precocious teenagers; the trait seems fairly widespread. I’d like to think I...