This past Memorial Day weekend, I took a last-minute road trip from the Bay Area to Joshua Tree National Park, California, and took a break from email, LinkedIn, etc.
The approximately nine-hour-long drive to Joshua Tree; the peaceful sunset hikes each evening, overlooking expansive desert valleys; and the spectacular stargazing in Cholla Cactus Garden from the bed of a pickup truck, far away from light pollution, provided me with many welcome opportunities to reflect on things — even things that I wasn’t planning to reflect on …
Upon returning from the trip, I made the decision to provide college admission essay consulting services only to students whose writing skills are “college ready.”
By helping students who don’t have college-ready writing skills get into college, I am doing those students a disservice, and I am also not being true to myself or my mission, which is to help kids and teens build strong writing foundations and become confident, independent, empowered writers who are well prepared for college and career-related writing.
Getting into college is one of the first of countless steps on the long journey between high school and retirement, and I want people to be able to take every step on that journey without being dependent on a writing tutor, business writing coach, etc., to hold their hand.
Helping students who have college-ready writing skills get into college and helping students who don’t have college-ready writing skills develop those skills so that they are ready for college feels like the right thing to do ...
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