how these gaps relate or do not relate to your own personal experience:
One of the gaps referred to in the article discussed the “Template Gap” which personally resonated with me more than the other gaps listed. This is because just about everyone who has ever had to write a paper on their own has been taught about the 5 paragraph “template” for our essays, and has continued to keep that idea of a paper in their minds through their college career. As stated in the blog, “Most college-level writing requires much more complex arguments than 5-paragraph writing and thinking.” This statement stood out to me because, as a tutor, I find that some of my peers that I help with writing are so stuck in this 5 paragraph essay format that they have been using their whole lives that they do not know how to write anything more or even expand upon their own papers. I believe that this 5 paragraph ideology puts up a wall in the minds of less skillful writers and sets the standard to do the bare minimum. I do not think this template is very beneficial as it also creates a problem for these students when having to write larger papers, in which they become lost and are once again unsure on how to expand on their writing. College level writing requires much more quantity and quality that cannot be found in this 5 paragraph template.
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