Written by Dianne Craft, MA, CNHP The Great Debate occurs every year: “Am I expecting too much of my child, or not enough? Is this groaning and moaning about writing just a discipline problem, or ‘character issue,’ or is there really a problem here?” Common comments I hear from home school moms are: “She can…
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When I first began teaching literature and writing at the College of William and Mary in Virginia fifteen years ago, my freshmen were not exactly polished writers. Out of every class of thirty freshmen students, four or five would turn in grammatically correct, coherent, clean papers. Of those, perhaps two would show a real grasp…
In sixth grade or thereabouts, you had to write a report. Searching for a subject that seemed moderately interesting, such as Japan or Betsy Ross, you went to the encyclopedia and began to browse. Typically your finished report had to be three to four pages, plus illustrations, which seemed like a lot––really a lot. Japan…
