Is 'I'm a 15-year-old boy who is studying in a middle school.' better than 'I'm 15 and studying ...
Is 'I'm a 15-year-old boy who is studying in a middle school.' better than 'I'm 15 and studying in a middle school.' in students' writing?

I'm thinking about the use of complicated sentence structure.

Thanks

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Is 'I'm a 15-year-old boy who is studying in a middle school.' better than 'I'm 15 and studying ...
Is 'I'm a 15-year-old boy who is studying in a middle school.' better than 'I'm 15 and studying in a middle school.' in students' writing?

I'm thinking about the use of complicated sentence structure.

Thanks

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I like the first one better. The second is a bit choppy. It sounds more natural to say, "I am a 15-year-old boy who is in middle school." Or "I am a 15-year-old boy who attends middle school." My TRUE preference would be: "I am a 15-year-old middle school student."

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I would almost prefer the simpler one. For what your student is trying to express, there is really no need to use complicated sentence structures. Personally I think it flows better to just say "I'm 15 years old and I'm currently in middle school" :)

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