Jonathan Haidt - Teachers Make a Difference

The speaker reflects on a significant teacher from their freshman year at Yale, a graduate student who taught writing. This teacher's detailed feedback on weekly essays greatly improved the speaker's writing skills by senior year. The speaker honors this teacher and acknowledges the thousands of graduate students across the country who play a similar role in teaching writing to freshmen.

What specific writing techniques did the teacher emphasize?

Why does the author want to honor graduate students teaching freshmen?