Being a writer

My son, who's in the fourth grade, just got his report card. The
teacher says that he's disorganized in his work , doesn't comply with
grammar rules, and doesn't finish his assignments. When queried about
his rough drafts, my son says they're on the computers at school and
that he can't bring them home. He can also not e-mail any of the work .
I feel cut out of the loop. I don't see any of his work. All I get is a
negative report.

What I've done is sit him down in front of the computer, where I can
see him. I'm starting with a very formal outline method. I'm going to
save this work on a cd and when I see that next report card war will be
declared.

The kid is smart, but getting that disorganized comment is a coded
message about his writing to future teachers. Are there any other
suggestions here as to getting through this veil over actually seeing
his work from the school? As far as parent teacher conferences, that
route has been tried and all the teachers do is restate their feelings
with nothing accomplished afterwards.

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