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RE: Memory's Vault, Vol 1: On Being a Rather "Wooden and Pedantic" Writer
And I'd add, what an absurd critique to give a 13 year old. If the purpose of allowing freedom to express oneself in writing is to coax creativity from children, using such unhelpful negativity without further guidance is entirely counterproductive.
Teachers are wonderful hard workers, but sometimes we get it into our heads that our job is to correct (rather than educate).
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That's a good point @improv; I do think Miss Wade (the teacher in question) was as much into "grading" as she was into actually teaching us anything. It was quite a contrast to the teacher we had the following year... who had a knack for making writing classes fun.