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Creative Writers Learn Best From A Mentoring System
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 1, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Deborah Owen
Ms. Deb, as her students affectionately call her, is the CEO & Founder of Creative Writing Institute, and the former A-1 Writing Academy (now defunct).
"The A-1 Academy was a pilot program built within the virtual walls of a large writer's group," said Deborah. "In the first year we drew 600 students, but I wanted to reach the public. In another year Creative Writing Institute was created. It is a high-quality, low cost writing school with full-time mentors and small classes. Even distressed students and seniors can afford our prices."
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Creative writing is a finely honed
skill. We can temper it and study it until we are blue in the face,
and we still will not have plummeted its depths. That is what makes
it so fascinating.
Many creative writers attend the public
educational system to sharpen their prose and poetry skills, and this
author certainly applauds all who make such a grand effort. However,
the question becomes, is it necessary to invest multiplied thousands
of dollars on colleges the average person cannot afford. Is the same
thing available for less money? The answer is yes.
The
pioneers of yesteryear provided a mentoring system for their children
because they understood the need for education and progression.
Indeed, many of America's leaders who were instrumental in forming
this great nation were tutored at home. Those who dare to challenge
the mentoring system should keep this in mind.
·Abraham
Lincoln attended school only a few months
·George
Washington had the equivalent of an elementary school education
·Davy Crockett, who was elected to the State
Legislature, had almost no formal education
·The
eloquent diplomat, statesman and scientist, Benjamin Franklin, quit
school at the age of ten and
·Thomas Edison, the
father of 1,093 patented inventions, only briefly attended school.
As you can see, one's skills are not limited by a mentored
education. In fact, today's populace is so disconcerted with
traditional education that over one million disgruntled families now
mentor their children at home.
We might ask the question: Do
parents qualify as mentors? Indeed, some parents are even high school
dropouts. Even so, the National Home Education Research Institute
reports mentored children outscore their public school counterparts
by 30%. As more and more people realize the advantages of private
tutoring, the number of home mentored children continues to grow.
Perhaps the real question is, what qualifies a person to
teach? According to the dictionary, teaching is “imparting
knowledge of or skill in; giving instructions”. By definition,
mentors would certainly qualify as bonafide teachers.
The
traditional system finally sees the need for salvaging children who
have fallen between the cracks. They are providing a new system for
these children. And who is doing the teaching? Mentors. Is this a
silent confession that holding every student equal to a given goal is
ridiculous?
Here's what the mentoring system can offer you:
·Instead of being assigned a number like a prisoner in
cell bock D, your mentor will know you on a first name basis
·Your
mentor will be available daily to answer your questions and guide you
through the mire of journalistic rules.
·You compete
only with yourself as the mentor escorts you from your present level
to your individual highest potential
·The mentoring
system is available at nearly half the price you would expect to pay
in the traditional system.
·You will be certified in
the courses you take
* Educational patterns and rules vary
from school to school.
Indeed, the mentoring system is at
least equal to traditional teaching. In some cases, it even surpasses
it.
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