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		pschuegr on April 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to write more clearly, think more clearly, and... I never thought about this, but it's true. The value of iteration is woefully undersold.

johnqian on April 18, 2022 [–]

Now that I think about it, an incredibly valuable exercise would be to give students a longwinded, vague, rambling essay and make them rewrite it to be as clear and concise as possible. This even works within the time-constrained test environment.

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