lollardfish

I fight passive voice also, but yeah, I know there's a different standard. For me, it's an issue of confidence. Instead of making strong statements, the students hedge their bets with "I thinks" and "I believe." I work to ween (sp?) them from the first person as younglings, then reintroduce it once they have mastered. If it really is about them, then first person is great. But it rarely is.