To all you English teachers out there.
"Every person I've talked to while writing this essay seems to have felt the same about English classes-- that the whole process seemed pointless. But none of us had the balls at the time to hypothesize that it was, in fact, all a mistake. We all thought there was just something we weren't getting." -
The Age of the Essay by Paul Graham
A more substantial update should follow within a few days, I hope.