ereks mom Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 ER wrote a 10-page paper for his music history class, and after grading it, his professor returned it to him with this note attached (copied and pasted here from the actual e-mail sent by the professor): [ER]: Your writing is a pleasure to read. You have a personal voice already established, and you understand how to organize your thoughts in a logical fashion. Perhaps you do not realize just how rare this quality is. Grade: A ER e-mailed me a copy of the paper and the attached comment. I am ecstatic! :hurray: I think I'll go x-post this on the High School board and the College board. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 That is so great! Congratulations on your work with him! :001_smile::001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Yeah, Eric! Double Yea, Mom!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 :party: :party: :party: You must be so proud!!! Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Fantastic! :party: Par-tay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Don't you feel like it was a note to him AND mom? All the work you've put in has paid off. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 How wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) Don't you feel like it was a note to him AND mom? All the work you've put in has paid off. :hurray: I told him to be sure to tell his professor that he had an excellent writing teacher in high school--ME! :p Edited November 28, 2010 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Cool! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 So now you must share exactly what you did with him in order to teach him to produce such top quality writing! Writing is the toughest thing for me to teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 That's so great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 So now you must share exactly what you did with him in order to teach him to produce such top quality writing! Writing is the toughest thing for me to teach. I concur!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Sherry Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 That's fantastic ! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Woohoo!!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I think I'll go x-post this on the High School board and the College board. :D And hire a sky-writer, and put up a billboard, and print t-shirts... That's what I'd do! Way to go, Mom! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 So now you must share exactly what you did with him in order to teach him to produce such top quality writing! Writing is the toughest thing for me to teach. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 So now you must share exactly what you did with him in order to teach him to produce such top quality writing! Writing is the toughest thing for me to teach. Yep, spill the beans please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) So now you must share exactly what you did with him in order to teach him to produce such top quality writing! Writing is the toughest thing for me to teach. I must admit that he is somewhat a natural writer. We dabbled with creative writing assignments here and there when he was young. In 6th-8th grades, we did a few writing lessons from Write Source 2000 and Learn to Write the Novel Way, but not much because he found them uninspiring. In 9th grade, we did a little bit with some of the IEW assignments in TRISMS, but he didn't like that either. We didn't really go through a writing program 10th grade, when he did Wordsmith. He didn't like that either, but I insisted. ;) In 11th grade, he did Format Writing, which he actually seemed to almost enjoy. In 12th grade, he did a lot of ACT/SAT essay practice using lessons I found online, and he also took a co-op class in which he learned to write a research paper. During the summer before his freshman year of college, he took CLEP tests and earned college credit for College Writing 1/English 101 and College Writing 2/English 102. Edited November 30, 2010 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonaQ Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Thank you for sharing!!! I love these success stories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVA Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Good for him! Music History can be a difficult course- and sometimes rather boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 WAY TO GO! What a lovely reflection on BOTH of you! CONGRATULATIONS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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