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Reply to "When you say your child's essays were amazing - objectively, how do you know that?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an editor and writer of essays/non-fiction, so I'm pretty good at recognizing good personal essays. Both my kids are great writers, but I wouldn't say that either of their essays were "amazing." DS1's essay was extremely well written, and the topic was interesting and likely fairly unique. But I would not call it "compelling"--it was lighter and more tongue in cheek. It did give a good sense of his humor and ability think critically. DS2's essay was reasonably well written, but definitely less sophisticated than DS1's. No one would think that his parent wrote it. Still, DS2 has a clever way with words, and there were some turns of phrases in it that were really fine. And the subject matter was more personal, as it described his experience with a chronic illness. Neither essay made me cry, although DS2's essay did make me a little sad.[/quote]
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