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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Give her advice, the rest Holly does herself or not. It is in her court.
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   templo SUD said, 5 months ago

   Oh no, Holly, you’re not making your mother’s sister do ALL the work, are you?
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   Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago

   @templo SUD

   Only if she can, only if she can………………….
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   trekman58 said, 5 months ago

   …gotta start somewhere!
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   psychlady said, 5 months ago

   Who’s name will go on this one?
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   emjaycee said, 5 months ago

   Anyone know what the topic is/was?
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   lightenup said, 5 months ago

   Term papers are always easy for writers (I think that’s what Joan does). I was always much too concise and blunt to churn out 10 pages of words.
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   whmIII said, 5 months ago

   Still trying to dodge it…
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   Rx71Wm29 said, 5 months ago

   So, will Ms. Wingit offer Holly 1/4 or 1/8 credit when Holly tells her the paper is still not done? Wouldn’t surprise me.
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    Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

    Give it up Holly, just accept your failing grade.
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    Milestheglassguy said, 5 months ago

    I was thinking about this at the beginning of the story arc: most kids in middle school aren’t writing a 10 page paper on their own. Parents and siblings get roped onto doing most of the proof reading and editing until at least the beginning of high school, and some never stop.
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    somebodyshort said, 5 months ago

    Good on Joan. I’m sure she’ll GUIDE, but Holly will do the work.
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    Loy Wells said, 5 months ago

    She should have been given a “0” in the first place for cheating.
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    UncaJim said, 5 months ago

    @Miles;
    Even back in the dark ages of the ’50’s, we weren’t required to do a thousand word essay/report/critique until well into 11th grade, and depending on parents who never graduated high school was not an option. Copy and paste? psh…
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    segullah said, 5 months ago

    @Milestheglassguy

    having someone proofread your papers is the smart thing to do, and is encouraged at the highest levels of education….I did some for my hubby’s doctorate. It is a fresh set of eyes and if they can spell and spot grammar mistakes then they are the best ones. When we edit our own we are too close to it and don’t see the mistakes. Editing and rewriting are two very different things. Someone telling you that this sentence doesn’t make sense is different from them telling you what to write.
    Aunt Joan is a wonderful resource for Holly…if she probes and prompts Holly to think and write. Holly will learn so much if she also helps her to break the assignment/paper down to manageable bits.
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