How does schooling affect a writer?

I mean, a lot, right?

Education is a complicated thing. While we all venerate and see the value in it, there are a great many problems with the world of academia. It can be expensive. It can get pretentious. It can place ridiculous amounts of stress on those far too young to deal with it. There’s a lot to unpack here.

Luckily, we’re not talking about any of that.

This is a show of two writers, after all, and writers are a selfish lot. Instead, we delve into the fallout of classrooms past. That is, how school shapes the young writer. How does the type of schooling affect the way we learn to write? Is there a vast difference in approach, content, or even style between our two differently-educated hosts? And if there is… Why?

...it’s probably the trauma.

In this episode, Rachel and Sarim attempt to learn anew.