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Actually, this happened a number of years ago.  My daughter was in Seventh grade, I think.  As a writing teacher, you are surely a member of the NCTE.  She was a high school winner in their contest, which, as I am sure you are aware, is considered quite an accomplishment.  She went on to a “public Ivy” and graduated with Honors.  She was a valedictorian in high school and began college with 29 credits, so ,no she was not one to challenge teachers or ignore instructions.  [b]However, she does not tolerate fools well and saw no need for the mind- mapping.  [/b]
I  understand that most people do need to plan.  She does plan—in her head.  I prefer paper.  I think this is similar to the math tests that are being questioned—some of it is just stupid.  I think the poster’s son felt the same way about the math question. It got in the way of his thinking.  And, isn’t that what we want kids to do?  Think?
The Common Core standards require testing, I think.  When a test is attempting to evaluate a child’s thinking process, some of the questions are just plain dumb—and, by the way, do not necessarily evaluate what it is trying to evaluate.  Some of these standards should be dropped.  They are teaching tools—not standards.  
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OK, if she doesn't want to do the mind-mapping, then she shouldn't do the mind-mapping. And she (or you?) shouldn't complain when she bombs the pre-writing part of the test, which requires mind-mapping.[/quote]

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