Bit of background. My DD is in Year 7. Creative writing has always been her 'thing'. Throughout primary school, her teachers were always banging on about how good it was. Other forms of writing - not so much. She's a born storyteller.
Now, I know that she is now a small fish in a much bigger pond but I still believe her storywriting skills are pretty good. Her English teacher must think so too because on her last two creative writing assignments, she's asked DD if she's copied them from the internet or from a book and, on the first occasion, insinuated that she 'must' have done so. She's even written this on her work.
DD is pretty blase on the outside about this. Her initial view was that she should feel flattered that the teacher thinks her work is "as good as a book." However, I feel a bit concerned that the teacher hasn't picked up from her previous school assessment that she is good at creative writing, and am also worried that this will ultimately knock DD's enthusiasm for writing by not getting the credit she deserves.
I'm probably being a bit precious about the whole thing but didn't know whether to say something at the next parent's evening?