"As I am sitting in my advanced English class I realized how much your class impacted my writing. At the time I hated it because it was hard for me. But now I am grateful because now I am writing at the college level and my professor is shocked at my writing abilities. For my persuasive essay rough draft, she said it was perfect and wouldn’t change anything. For others, she picked it apart. All I can say is that is from the English department at Ashland high school, and specifically your class. Thank you for everything." -H. I. '19 "Last year you told the class that past students email you saying that they do well in college because of how you critiqued their writing in high school. As much as it pains me to say... you were right. Having read several of my peers' essays when we do peer edits, I can honestly say that you prepared me well for college. They use contractions in their essays and they do not have the proper tense. Their writing is sometimes hard to read because they are choppy sentences. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for preparing me for my college writing class. I have received a B+ on my first paper and am in the process of finishing a second. Make sure to tell your students that a former student of yours (who never wanted to listen to you) said that you were right." -A.H. '18 "I cannot thank you enough for what I learned in your classroom my senior year. Because of your essay grading style and analysis of different texts, I was able to walk through my college level courses without any trouble." -L.N. '17 "From the bottom of my heart, thank you for preparing me for my college writing class. I have received a B+ on my first paper and am in the process of finishing a second. Make sure to tell your students that a former student of yours (who never wanted to listen to you) said that you were right." -A.H. '17 "I want to thank you for teaching me! In college writing, I have not gotten less than an A on any assignment. Both my writing and MLA formatting skills have been praised as a step above my peers by my professor. I'm certain it is because of your efforts to make those you teach better as writers and as people in general." - K.B. '17 "You pushed me hard in that class for sure, but I don't believe I would have ended up where I am now if it wasn't for you and your fantastic teaching skills." -E.K. '16 "I think I was the only person that handed in a paper with MLA format in my English Comp. class today." -J.L. '15 "Just wanted to let you know I’ve been at school for 2 days now and have had to annotate and takes notes on a few things. I don’t think I would have done it so easily if you didn’t teach us it all last year. Now is the time i can actually thank you for teaching me all that." -T.W. '15 "You were right about MLA format. In my English class, no one knows it except me and a few others." -D.A. '14 "Because of you, my English 101 class this year is a lot of repetition about how to write and it is making me feel smart; the class should be a breeze!!" -H.C. '14 "I’m so excited to say that I knew the majority of the material the professor told me because of your class. Thank you for helping me so much by getting me ready for English classes in college." -E.G. '14 "Mosh helped me my senior year immensely by placing on me expectations that ending up being similar to or greater than those of my college professors. Examples of these expectations would include: proper grammar, paper structure and formatting (MLA) and the encouragement of critical thinking in my assignments." -T.B. '12 "I would just like you to know that I was the only one in my writing class who knew how to do a works cited page. Thank you very much. Also, [my friend] uses MLA format all the time and he uses the sheet you gave us." -A.G. '11
"Thank you for making those MLA format and work cited page templates. I use them for all of my papers. " -S.K. '11 "You made a HUGE impact in my life; you actually made me start to like to read! I never felt doubt in myself in your class. You always made me feel like I could accomplish anything I wanted to in life." - K.H. '09 "My English teacher wanted me to tell you thanks for helping me make her class a lot easier. She was very impressed with my knowledge of English grammar. I told her I had the pleasure of having a great English teacher who has taught me everything I know. Thank you." -M.B. '08
English Teacher Ashland High School 65 East Union Street Ashland, MA 01721 (508) 881-0177 x2116 www.twitter.com/mrmoshhw
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