Survey Time: Editing your child's school work

megpmom
Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:59:58 +0000

Occasionally, I would read my S’s hs writing assignments. I might say something like, " I didn’t understand the point of paragraph 2."or “You seem to be repeating the same point a lot.” Sometimes he made changes, sometimes he didn’t. In my opinion, he is not a particularly good writer, technically speaking (bad grammar and punctuation) but he is great at arguing a point and creative thinking. He generally makes As on writing assignments in college (a music conservatory) so I guess he writes well enough. D, on the other hand, has always been a good writer (currently working on PhD). I don’t remember ever editing her work, except for her college essay. And, again, that was more suggesting stronger word choice and structure - not making changes myself.