I've just read an essay written by a high school student for creative writing. I thought it was brilliant and well written. So did her teacher but he failed her because of poor punctuation. He also advised her to go for reassessment. What do u think?
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Unfortunately, that's part of the breaks when you have such classes as part of the curriculum. As a teacher, the state requires that you teach certain elements, one of which being grammar, another is mechanics, and still another is punctuation, among many other things. And while these elements are indeed important, there is a great danger that the creative outlet of an aspiring writing could be killed and forever silenced. Ideally, those of us in that field should desire to meet the needs of both the state and the student, but reaching that goal is often easier in theory than in practice.
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I decided to start writing fiction a few years ago and only then did I realise how terrible my grammar was. Through simple acknowledgment of this, and moderate study on the subject of both writing and grammar I gradually began to improve. I do still visit the dictionary regularly, and struggle with the odd sentence when revising and editing. I feel however, it is the life-force ignited by the creative spark that is the important thing in any form of creative writing. The student needs to be encouraged as well as educated, or they may simply become despondent and lose interest. If the prose is strong enough, there are people out there paid especially to correct such things. Just ask Jeffery Archer…
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"High school student" is a phrase which contains a very broad spectrum of age and ability levels. It is difficult to know how to answer when such a spectrum is presented. Questions I would pose for consideration: Is this a beginning or advanced-level course? Is the student being prepared for college-level writing or are they freshly out of middle-school? Is the teacher willing to offer some additional help or after-class tutoring to correct the problems? Is the teacher desiring to encourage and shape the child into a better writer? Finally, is the student a person who responds well to a challenge? (I know that my greatest growth has come when I was told that I couldn't do something. I always went out of my way to prove the person wrong...)
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