In "Mutuality in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom," David L. Wallace and Helen Rothschild Ewald point out the centrality of rhetoric in the academy, asserting the intimate connection between language and knowledge making. They also stress the need for a change in the roles of teachers and students in today s classroom. Their goal is mutuality, a sharing of authority among teachers and students in the classroom that would allow everyone an equal voice in the communication of ideas.Arguing that the impetus to empower students by engaging them in liberatory and emancipatory pedagogies is...