<p>Thanks for posting that 2001 article, Columbia_Student. Much more informative than anything I’d read about TO before. </p>
<p>My S’s high school (a very grade deflated private) requires a similar style of essay (involving a specified claim and close reading) and it is a radical departure from any of the essays I had to write in high school or college. Perhaps it might help if students were fully aware that they would have to throw their old ways of writing essays out the window.</p>
<p>Nikara, thanks for your views on TO. One of the former TO students talked about rewriting one paper 6 times until she earned an A. Are students allowed to rewrite low-graded papers for a better grade? If not, how can anyone ever raise a D to an A for the course?</p>
<p>Anyhow, the TO teachers and topics and community of top students look amazing (to this mom) and the workload and reading seem hyper-intense!</p>