Last fall, I met with Marc, a high school dynamo. You name it, he had it going on. Except for one thing. He couldn’t write. I mean, he knew how to write, but he couldn’t write. During our first meeting, we had a freewheeling conversation about his background and experiences. There were so many options for essay topics, but he felt lost. What was going on? When teachers, counselors, parents, neighbors, friends, Romans and countrymen all weighed in, the chorus of voices agreed: