High School Gaps in Education

After reading all of the known high school gaps I was shocked to see that almost every single one that I read was something that I experienced in high school. I recall the style gap resonating with me the most however though. Writing structured essays in school no matter what class I was in the always taught us to compose each paragraph of five sentences, no more and no less, anything other than five would result in the students receiving points off on the assignment. Like the Style Gap states our school never focused on teaching the students that each paragraph of the essay is determined by the meaning of the paragraph itself not how many sentences are in it. It was not until I got to college that I had the realization that I could use more or even less then five sentences in my papers and essays to get my point across. It was a struggle and I felt so silly to believe that the way I was taught in high school was ever the right way to be taught on how to write an essay. Looking back from where I was to where I am now it is amazing to see how much my style in writing paragraphs and essays has truly grown from only a few years ago.