Clark, who wrote this open-form essay over 20 some odd years ago discusses and destructiveness towards young students of using writing as a punishment. He suggests that if this is continued eventually no one will ever want to write because it is considered a thing that happens if you break an academic "law." He then continues on with personal stories with his children where he saw how their enthusiasm was quickly diminishing due to this idea of a punishment which "creates the illusion of an educational and counseling purpose, and it seems a humane alternative to suspension or paddling (Clark 9)."
I completely agree with Clark's perspective on this matter. Not only is it a lazy way to punish someone it is destructive for the future of their academics. I also cant say i have ever heard a teacher tell me how fun writing an essay was, the only thing they would say "we have another essay due in a week, sorry its required by the state" which was their way of making it a requirement which was not to be enjoyed. But we seem to be in a time where writing as a punishment is decreasing in the teaching community seeing as i have never had to experience this.
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