From Geoff Falen, Director of Career Connections at St. Lawrence University in his article, Student Career Responsibility:
Stories of parental intrusion abound on college campuses. Sadly, the tale of the first-year student whose mother helped her move into her room — and then never left — is not apocryphal. Career services is no stranger to this phenomenon. Over the years, I have encountered well-meaning parents requesting lists of alumni for their students who were simply "too busy" to come to the career center. I have witnessed parents who scheduled career counseling appointments on behalf of their children and who then attended those appointments. When I inquired about a current resume, another senior informed me that his mother kept track of all his important papers. To their credit, most students are mortified by this behavior. But it's not just embarrassing; it's a poor career development strategy."
Parents, if you have kids in high school, don’t manage, fix, and file everything for them. Help them start becoming independent now so they’ll be more successful getting into college, succeeding once they get there, and landing a fulfilling post-college career.
Gloria Yang says
This is purely a private comment for Kevin. My writing is far from perfect, but I work hard and strive to make it correct and succinct for my readers. I remember reading somewhere about your passion for producing the best writing possible, without spelling and grammatical errors, with clear content, etc… I truly appreciate people that approach writing with that mindset. I read and enjoy your post everyday. I especially like the ones about the importance of good writing skills and tips on improving them.
The reason for this response is to point out that this is the second time in your recent postings that you have forgotten to include the closing quotation mark.
Please don’t take this as a criticism, because it’s not. You can call it a disease of mine. When I see mistakes in people’s writings, I have a tendency to want to point them out, especially when they are common mistakes like interchangeably using “hear” and “here”.
I believe that good writing comes from “good reading”. What I mean by that is you start becoming a better writer if what you read is good writing. It’s infectious. The inverse is also true. When you keep reading bad writing, your own writing will start to suffer and deteriorate.
Just to close out this response, even though someone may argue that the volume of your daily posts is an insignificant amount of writing (maybe average 100 words per post), I am honestly impressed by how infrequent I find mistakes in them.