Sophia.org English Composition II -- Grader Experiences

[TwinMom]

We've had similar experiences with both English 1 & 2. I have twins so have gotten lots of feedback. We've had comments like: you should have said x not y. When, in fact, they DID say x and not y. One grader would say: great to include the background info and the other would say: remove it-totally unnecessary. In one of the last essays the sentence ended with "deleterious consequences." The next sentence started with "These consequences include" and the remark was: "what consequences?" I feel like sometimes they just don't actually thoroughly read the essay. It's frustrating because you can't talk with the grader and find out what they are looking for. And we have found that we rarely get the same grader twice in a row or ever.
One of my sons did complain because their paper was picked apart like it was a technical writing course- not Engl. 101. He asked to never have that grader again. They wouldn't regrade it because it passed and didn't promise not to have the same grader but, fortunately, he didn't.
Just resubmit if it was a fail. They do have tutoring coaches (if the link is active) so that might help. Good Luck! Mine have one. last. excruciating. paper to go.