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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 86558" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thanks, all.</p><p>I just read her 1st draft. It was much more visual, dramatic and metaphorical than what I'd expected. She asked me to edit it, so I condensed some of the repetition, and inserted a couple of explanatory sentences for the teacher ... as it turns out, the teacher did get a heads-up, not just for the confidentiality issue, but as a sort of verbal outline from easy child, so easy child thought she didn't have to incl. anything concrete. I told her you're generally supposed to write as though the reader has no clue, even if the teacher does know, or at least offer enough clues so the reader doesn't have to grasp at straws.</p><p>I was very surprised at how sympathetically I was viewed. I thought for sure she's say I'd lost it one time too many and yelled back or did too much physical exertion with-difficult child (I discovered, a day late and dollar short, that you can't do "The Hold" on a 9-yr-old!) But she ignored all that and stuck with-metaphors. </p><p>Her peer editor has changed schools 3X in 3 yrs and has secrets of her own, so they're pretty much bound to one another by this. I'm not worried about easy child's impact at this point. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt me, (or more significantly, difficult child) but easy child deserves to say her piece.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 86558, member: 3419"] Thanks, all. I just read her 1st draft. It was much more visual, dramatic and metaphorical than what I'd expected. She asked me to edit it, so I condensed some of the repetition, and inserted a couple of explanatory sentences for the teacher ... as it turns out, the teacher did get a heads-up, not just for the confidentiality issue, but as a sort of verbal outline from easy child, so easy child thought she didn't have to incl. anything concrete. I told her you're generally supposed to write as though the reader has no clue, even if the teacher does know, or at least offer enough clues so the reader doesn't have to grasp at straws. I was very surprised at how sympathetically I was viewed. I thought for sure she's say I'd lost it one time too many and yelled back or did too much physical exertion with-difficult child (I discovered, a day late and dollar short, that you can't do "The Hold" on a 9-yr-old!) But she ignored all that and stuck with-metaphors. Her peer editor has changed schools 3X in 3 yrs and has secrets of her own, so they're pretty much bound to one another by this. I'm not worried about easy child's impact at this point. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt me, (or more significantly, difficult child) but easy child deserves to say her piece. [/QUOTE]
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