Tag: personal
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One of the Most University of Chicago Things I Have Ever Read
Well, most humanities at The University of Chicago. This New Yorker profile of Agnes Callard from 2023 is really about one person and her family, but also has so much of what I remember: People determined to be honest, deliberate, and thoughtful about their lives. Children of faculty who are in a very unusual situation,…
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When do we teach kids to edit?
My 10 year-old recently had to write an essay for an application for a national scholarship program. He did great, writing 450ish words that were readable, thoughtful, and fun, with pleasantly varying sentences. And then we started editing. I remember feeling like giving up in my early editing experiences, out of sorrow for the perfect…
