I wrote about this a bit at my newsletter this weekend, but I started using the frame of the "academic conversation" for just this reason 20 or so years ago because the "you need to pay attention in FYC to do well in your other classes" stopped working. biblioracle.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
The Best Offense Is a Good Offense
What teaching writing and defeating nascent fascism have in common.