I am learning so much from this teacher/author. I have four of her books and I am currently rereading two of them. Last night I was lying in bed, thinking about the ups and downs (and I mean DOWNS), of my first year of teaching, and I wished that she had been my mentor teacher. But I wonder if I was ready, at that point, to learn from her...I think I would have been! Those poor kids that we force-fed TAAS to, constantly giving them writing prompts and evaluating them in such a non-helpful way...
But what if...? What if Katie Wood Ray didn't like me? What if she thought I was a crappy, hopeless teacher?
Naaaahhh....I think she sees the best in everyone.
I think it's great that you've continued this line of work so passionately for it's own sake. That's quite a gift to have that self-motivation to keep learning and growing.
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ReplyDeleteKaley is going to be my inquiry buddy this summer. we are going to study various texts together!
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