> what I was taught, in high school ~30 years ago They should still be teaching it? I don't think much has changed? I went to school a decade ago, and during t

> what I was taught, in high school ~30 years ago They should still be teaching it? I don't think much has changed? I went to school a decade ago, and during that time we still wrote essays following these guidelines. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_literature/index.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_... https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/paragraphs_and_paragraphing/index.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/... https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/thesis_statement_tips.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_proce... --- Also, there are many different forms of writing. People write in forms other than argumentative essays, etc.