My 16 year old daughter has been doing narrations for years. She is a good writer, with a clever voice and historically has loved writing.
This particular year I have noticed the quality of her narrations has not improved as it has each year in the past. If anything, the quality has regressed and it seems like she just doesn’t care at all. She jots down the bare minimum and just seems burnt out on it.
Today I talked with her about what I am noticing and asked her what she thinks is going on. She said she didn’t really know, except that she is really, really tired of narrating and tired of writing everything down. Her hand get physically tired, she says.
I guess I’m looking for some ideas that have worked for others who have had high schoolers in similar situations. She orally narrates some subjects and doing a written narration on other subjects 3-4 times a week, which I do not think is asking too much.
