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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had great experience w APS re class size. However my  kid who transitioned from Arlington public to private found he was ahead in math and behind in reading/writing.

My sibling who is a college professor says it’s shocking how many kids at selective colleges can’t write these days. APS should up it’s game in that regard. [/quote]

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Yes. I’m an attorney and we have interns coming to us from Georgetown Law and they can barely write a paragraph. [/quote]

Seems like that's an even bigger problem. Their 4-years college didn't fix the problem either?[/quote]

PP here. I guess not. I just don’t understand how someone can get into law school with such poor writing skills. My worry is that if these are the “best of the best” when it comes to writing, what is everyone else’s writing like? Maybe students come to college with such poor writing skills that colleges have to dumb down the curriculum? I honestly have no idea what’s going on. [/quote]

Or they re-wrote their essays many more times than what they send their employers.  I know I spent more time on my law school essays than I'd ever spent revising anything else (graduated law school in 2008).[/quote]

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