<p>John Warner shares about his new book, Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities, on episode 233 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br />
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<h2>Quotes from the episode</h2>
<p><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/233"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7761" src="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg" alt="Why They Can’t Write" width="720" height="481" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:720/h:481/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg 720w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:720/h:481/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tihe233-3.jpeg 2x" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></a>Declaring students defective is kind of a dead end.<br />
—John Warner</p>
<p>We know what to do — we’re just not doing it.<br />
—John Warner</p>
<p>If you don’t target somebody, you’re not targeting anybody.<br />
—John Warner</p>
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<h2>Resources Mentioned</h2>
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<li><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/381/">Dave Stachowiak interviews Seth Godin on Coaching for Leaders</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/why-they-cant-write">Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities, by John Warner </a>(Use promo code: htwn for 20% off)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/the-writers-practice-by-john-warner/9780143133155/">The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Non-Fiction Writing, by John Warner</a></li>
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