Many of you were responsive to my last post! And as many more of you move into the month of September, I encourage you to reach out. Just this past weekend, I spent a mere hour and a half editing and then zoom-working with a senior at New Trier high school just outside of Chicago. In that time, we took her essay from loose and formative to exceptional. We talked through her transitions, her diction, her syntax and sentence structure. And, ultimately we refined the theme that animates her experience. Importantly, this theme was already there, buried in the third paragraph of her initial draft and, with my leading questions, she pulled it into a unifying foreground.
As we wind down the month toward Early Action, I would be delighted to help your kid too. Please sign up soon. The slots are filling, and ten repeating sessions are already claimed by ambitious seniors from Chongqing, China!
Next month I will share a selection of these successful essays: a sunrise accumulating particles pierced by light, the planting a dogwood sapling, and the humorous discourse of a clan gathered round a dining table.
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