Today things seemed to come full circle as I edited Chelsea's last two college English papers. I haven't had to do that for her lately, but it reminded me of the beginning of college four years ago when I edited quite a few papers for her. One of my favorite memories is of a paper where she was really struggling, so I basically wrote the introduction for her. When she got the paper back from the professor, the only comment was "nice introduction." We still laugh about that one...well at least I do!
As an English major and the Editor-in-Chief of the college newspaper for the past three years, Chelsea didn't need my help much in the middle of her career. Once in a while she'd ask for a review, but mostly she did her own thing, developing her personal voice and style which I noticed is quite similar to mine, but has it's own distinctions.
It's graduation on Saturday, so the college chapter of Chelsea's story is coming to an end. This fall she'll start working in the Communications department here at Central College where she'll continue to write and edit all the while continuing to grow her own writing techniques. I'm very proud and excited for her!
Chelsea didn't really need me to edit her papers; my comments were superfluous, mostly differences in style, hers vs. mine, nothing that I couldn't have left alone...well, except a few typos ;) I know Chelsea was very tired and running late on her papers and just wanted a second set of eyes, but she made my day by needing me again!
