Survey Time: Editing your child's school work

2019hope
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:51:46 +0000

This reminds me of my mother’s favorite anecdote.

We moved halfway through 10th grade and my new English teacher wasn’t enamored with my writing. My mom started helping me in English; editing, forcing re-writes, etc. In the end my mother wrote my Old Man and the Sea essay. She got a C-. She turns 77 this year and she is still p.o.'d about that grade. I think that was the last time I ever asked for help with my homework…