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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I hear you. Kid is at Whitman. I just hope she learns to write in college. I’m an editor. I do what I can to help, but it’s shocking how remedial her skills are. She’s a reader and loves to write, but I’ve had to teach her when to use a comma. I and me? It’s and its? They’re and their and there? When did schools stop teaching kids how to diagram sentences?[/quote]

My kid (not McMS) never learned to diagram. Shameful. They have no clue what’s going on structurally in a sentence [/quote]

Diagramming sentences started to fall out of favor in the 1980s.[/quote]

I did it in high school in 2001-2005.

Anyway, kids need to learn grammar, regardless of whether it’s through diagramming sentences or some other way.[/quote]

I taught my MCPS kids sentence diagramming in middle school as a way to teach grammar.  Google Grammar revolution .I then often point out paragraphs in the newspaper, etc. that have a mistake and ask them to find it.  They enjoyed finding the mistakes in adults’ work.  I also got them writing tutors (despite their all As).  It worked.  Kid 1 is a great writer/editor in college.  Kid 2 in high school at least has the tools and vocab so that he can understand my critiques.[/quote]

I would rather just send my kid to private school. That way she can get better instruction across the board and spend her time outside of school on other things, rather than having to piece together basic skills that school doesn’t cover.[/quote]

Better is subjective.  I wasn't impressed with the privates I looked at.  But, then again I'm an involved parent.   Why are you posting here?  To justify your decisions?[/quote]

You really can’t expect us to believe you’re a reliable source about schools you have never actually sent your kid to.

Private school parents pay taxes too and have the right to expect a decent public education. If MCPS wasn’t so horrible, my kid wouldn’t be in private school.[/quote]

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