Scott's+thoughts+about+composition

When we were asked about it in class, I wanted to include everything in the realm of composition. It just made sense that any form of writing would fall in that category. However, I agreed with some of my classmates' initial attempt to show that notes, lists, and things like that seemed to serve a functional purpose and therefore should not be considered composition. I agreed that certain writing is done for ourselves and doesn't express an idea that could be considered composition. So, when Ray took the extreme of placing two different categories in which students are either writing for themselves or writing to express ideas for others; I was quickly on board. And along with that I was in complete agreement about the use of that writing. We try to muddle things down or to combine things in this modern/new age, but we can't forget the importance of JUST WRITING. I needed a creative writing class to reinforce the importance of that type of writing in my life while in high school. But English teachers need to be the first ones to foster that style of writing.