The World is Round and Other Theories

I think theory is important for our academic work. It helps situate our position of argument within a field and often lends importance to our own discourse.
Theory also makes itself important in composition, but the reason for this importance is a personal one I think. Although it is advantageous to understand the discourse of a field in which you work, theory gives teachers and even students an objective way to look at and process classroom dynamics as well as understand practical methods of pedagogy. In part, theory always has its toe stuck in the door of discourse, because without it, teachers, professors, and students stumble on the wreckage of classroom disappointments. Theory provides an objective way to approach the motion of the ever-changing field of discourse.