She was a writing instructor for four years. Along with the classroom setting and lecture format, essay exams and term papers are often the norm in undergraduate political science courses. These skills are required of students going on to graduate school and the latter two are important to any career choice, yet the writing assignments for most undergraduate courses fail to develop them. Essay exams are generally graded for content, which students don't always retain, and they are single-draft assignments. Doing so also provides professors with a variety of interesting assignments to give and to grade.
Writing is a recursive process.
When we write articles for publication or papers for conferences, we go through a process of thinking, writing, and revising, followed by more thinking, more writing, and more revising. In this way, we develop and improve our critical thinking and writing abilities. Yet, professors rarely ask their students to do the same. We typically treat writing as a product rather than a process. By doing so, we fail to teach students the benefits of drafting and revising.