Fish’s idea that students should not express their opinion in academic writing is highly speculative. Fish claims that self-expression is not expected in academic writing. He claims so because the thought expressing students’ opinion is most important in writing prevents from accepting suggestion or correction about their writing. This belief leads to decline of skills about writing precisely. However, Fish’s belief would seem to be somewhat mistaken because what students are expected in academic writing is not reproducing someone’s idea but expressing their opinion clearly. According to Greene, what students are required in college writing is to come up with their own idea rather than reproducing someone’s idea. Through researching a topic,
