Elbow-Bartholomae debate

David Bartholomae has had many discussions with Peter Elbow but in this discussion they decided to go public. David describes academic writing as something that is needed for an undergraduate to experience. Although he points out that academic writing is not writing of their own. It may prove what they have learned in school but it has nothing to do with them. David mentions how a student needs space to write on there own. For example, free writing, which is an open space to write with no pressure and is free from influences on culture or history.
Teachers are the ones who take on the responsibility of giving the correct advice to their students. Bartholomae sees teachers as managers but they have to be more than a manager who is just assigning topics. They need to consider their classroom as an open space.
If teachers offer the students a chance to have authority over there own writing then they will feel the pleasure of having power of what they put down on paper. If it weren’t for the classes and teachers having open spaces than students wouldn’t be able to be the person they see in other people’s writing.