Posted: April 19th, 2017

“Over-editing is an issue that needs to be addressed, both from a teacher reading the essay standpoint as well as a teacher editing the essay standpoint. How do we address this issue?

Please write 1-2 paragraphs for each question. Be thorough, critical, and clear when answering the following questions:

“Over-editing is an issue that needs to be addressed, both from a teacher reading the essay standpoint as well as a teacher editing the essay standpoint. How do we address this issue? What advice or techniques do you have for teachers who edit their students’ papers and what issues might come up during editing? What advice or techniques do you have for teachers who read an essay that clearly has been over-edited by someone else (not the original writer)? How do you explain this concept to students?”