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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Writing for law is not taught until law school, and yes it is a totally different skill set. Then, writing the way your firm wants you to write is yet another skill set. There is also a generational divide in how drafts are created, and some old school lawyers do not understand the process of the current generation. For example, associates are frustrated with older partners who nitpick on the polish when the brief is in the idea and supporting evidence phase. The current generation of writers have been taught a process that puts the polish last, not that it never comes.[/quote]

Perhaps you are right (hence my comment on how drafts should still be polished). But I wish that was the only problem. I’m talking about interns who can’t construct a proper paragraph. Actually to be fair, they can but it just sounds so basic, like something I would have written in 8th or 9th grade. The sad thing is that these students are super smart. They know so much and are exposed to so many different ideas. It’s just that they can’t write. They definitely have better presentation skills than I did at that age, but they can’t write. [/quote]

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