June 7, 2010
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Wordsmith student earns "Most Improved in ESOL"! Another Wordsmith client completes Doctoral Thesis!
This school year has been Wordsmith Writing Coaches' best yet! Here are two success stories:
First, high school freshman Chaemin Kim (a Wordsmith client since November 2009) earned the Pilgrim School ESOL Department's "Most Improved" award for her dramatic improvement in English over the course of this school year. Her folks hired us to stave off academic disaster, and we like to think we played a significant part in her turn-around. I must say that she worked very hard with us, too-- there is no substitute for hard work, as even the best tutor cannot make you do what you will not do. Congratulations, Chaemin!
Just as Chaemin was preparing for her last exams of ninth grade, Mrs. Vilma Enriquez-Haass (a Wordsmith client since 2004) was putting the final touches on her doctoral dissertation! It has been a long hard road for Vilma to craft such a complete and complex argument in a language that trails after Spanish and German in her life, but she has done it. Vilma is the first doctoral student whom we have coached through the entire process, from writing her quals all the way to the final version of her dissertation. She has overcome formidable obstacles and challenges over the past six years, and we are humbled and inspired by her determination to pull the pieces together again each time her doctoral hopes fell apart. It has been a privilege to have walked with her all this way.
Now we are rooting for a successful defense of her dissertation just a few days from now. Any client whom we coach through a significant portion of dissertation development, we will help with their dissertation defense prep for free, and Vilma more than qualifies for that!
If you want Wordsmith tutors and coaches to help you achieve the sort of success that Chaemin and Vilma now enjoy, call me at 323-363-4417 to set up an appointment. Initial consultation is free. Visit our website at WordsmithWritingCoaches.com and "write better, right now!"
