She must have known I would care much more about the quality of my writing if it was to be on display for my grandmother. Their plan worked. As the summer progressed and letters were sent back and forth I look forward not only to getting a letter but to writing my own in reply. Writing had gone from an agonizing process of erasing and poring over the dictionary for the correct spelling to a fun way to share my thoughts. I’ve been grateful to mom for making writing could be enjoyable activity in my life but I now realize that while she might have been trying to mere improve my penmanship and curb my rampant spelling she was also teaching me two subtler lessons. The first was that even the annoying school chores should be treated with enough respect to accomplish them well. The other was that through her “You can figure it out” treatment when I went seeking help I learned how to do my own problem solving. These are two things I have found invaluable in
She must have known I would care much more about the quality of my writing if it was to be on display for my grandmother. Their plan worked. As the summer progressed and letters were sent back and forth I look forward not only to getting a letter but to writing my own in reply. Writing had gone from an agonizing process of erasing and poring over the dictionary for the correct spelling to a fun way to share my thoughts. I’ve been grateful to mom for making writing could be enjoyable activity in my life but I now realize that while she might have been trying to mere improve my penmanship and curb my rampant spelling she was also teaching me two subtler lessons. The first was that even the annoying school chores should be treated with enough respect to accomplish them well. The other was that through her “You can figure it out” treatment when I went seeking help I learned how to do my own problem solving. These are two things I have found invaluable in