Monday, November 17, 2008
Face it, my mom can write better essays than your mom.
It's hard to find truth in this essay in my life because my parents always gave me the opportunity to be independent. I was not overstimulated as a baby, my parents never bought me a tutor, and they never pressured me to do more than I could handle. As for my friends, their parents were just like mine. I do remember two specific times where someone told me their parents wrote their papers for them, though. The first time this happened I went over to my friend's house to play. We were both in seventh grade and had science papers to write about the latest chapter. While Steffie and I were in the middle of Jenga her mom walked in with a printed paper in her hand and said, "I wrote it and printed it out. I don't want to see it tomorrow on the kitchen table. Don't forget to hand it in." I was at a loss for words. I really didn't think it was normal for my friend's mom to write her paper. Of course, since i was younger i wanted my mom to do the same thing but i never brought it up in my house because as far as i was concerned that was cheating. The second time I experienced this was my second week of college. Again, I was with a friend when she pulled out her paper and asked me whether or not it was okay that her mom added in a section to her paper. Her mom had written everything on the rough draft copy which was to be peer edited and returned to the teacher. Again, I was at a loss for words. I didn't understand why her mom would even do that to her own daughter. If i were my friend i would feel like my work isn't good enough. God only know how long her mom has been adding to her daughter's writing. How is my friend going to feel when her paper is full of only her words? And what about if she gets a job which requires her to write long things on her own?
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Honestly, I can respect everything you put down from your stance and I feel the same way as you. I come from a similar background of what you described in never having a tutor or getting my parents to help me with my work. But, when it comes down to it you have to think about yourself. I would ignore the situation because like you said when it counts its going to come back to haunt them, not me. And by hurting their futures, if they aren't my friend, it will only benifit my chances especially if I'm applying for a similar promotion as them and they can't cut it. These situations do not surprise me because I know a kid who's dad knew his kid wasn't bright, so he spent thousands of dollars on SAT tutors and even wrote his essay's and filled out his applications for college but he still never ended up going to the school he wanted to. Because parents can not take the tests for their kids in the end and us independent students in the end will come out on top.
The writer is in the same boat as I was. My parents have had a hands off approach to my schoolwork. If I needed something to help me get my work done then they were apt to get the necessity. The fact that college student had their parent completly overhaul their essay astounds me. The auther makes a good point when stating the fact that this girl will not be successfull in the workplace if she has to write something on her own. I do not feel the situation could have turned out differently. This is because the author's situation is similar to mine, and I feel this was a good approach by our parents. The author gives new insight to overparenting.
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