It’s an immense privilege that in first world countries all people theoretically have the right to obtain. That’s one of the purposes of general education, but through a lot of failures between schools, parents, students, and society at large it’s become less universal than it should be.

“Why do I have to keep writing pointless essays about stupid books?” Because you need to be able to interpret a text and communicate clearly in the written word, and these are both harder than it seems. Furthermore, it’s often the students who haven’t gotten it yet that complain the most. I know I did. I wasn’t just frustrated with the books I didn’t like or the long hours writing, I was frustrated with how I struggled to really understand how to write naturally and effectively.

And I should add, I’m both (mildly) dyslexic and dyscalcic. I write fairly well if I do say so myself, and I’m an engineer, so these aren’t insurmountable challenges