笔者指导学生进行随笔写作有近十年了，从初中、普通高中到重点高中都指导过。本文重点谈随笔的功用和写作指导两个问题。一、对随笔功用的再认识写随笔是一种释放。释放是自己的思想、情感、智慧的输出。通俗地说，随笔能够满足人们的表现欲望。正因为如此，学生将随笔视为朋 The author guides students in essay writing for nearly ten years, and has taught them from junior high schools, ordinary high schools, and key high schools. This article focuses on two issues of essay writing and writing guidance. First, the understanding of essay function to write essays is a release. Release is the output of their own thoughts, emotions, and wisdom. In layman’s terms, essays can satisfy people’s desires for performance. Because of this, students regarded essays as friends