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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious as to how much writing students are doing in 9th grade.  I pulled my kid out of MCPS for HS and she is reading Jane Eyre right now.  She is required to do significant analytical essays on chosen subject matter from the book.  It's such a very long book.  I can't imagine a typical public school kid having the attention span to read it in its entirety.  Her private only has one level for English in 9th grade. Not sure about the other grades.[/quote]

Big three alum here with two mcps high schoolers. They do very little writing in ninth and tenth and get minimal feedback. IB has writing but again very little feedback or guidance.

The writing instruction is so poor compared compared to what I received. I wish we’d done private for high school but too late now.

I do take issue with your comment about the typical public school student not being able to do it. My kids could do it. The issue is school isn’t providing it[/quote]

PP here again.  My daughter is not in a big three, but a top private.  Her papers have gotten significant feedback from her teacher and she has the opportunity to address the feedback to get an additional grade (not a new grade).  The teacher has the luxury of only 15 students in the class, so much easier than a "typical" public school teacher's situation.  Very glad we pulled her out.[/quote]

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