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It’s Finally Published!

Stacey Shubitz

I submitted the essay I wrote , alongside my fourth graders who were writing research-based, “This I Believe” Essays, to ThisIBelieve.org almost six months ago.  About three months after it wasn’t published, I began to give up hope that it ever would be.  Yesterday, out of the blue, I received an e-mail from ThisIBelieve.org stating my essay had finally been published on their website.  Since a few folks wanted to know when it was posted, I figured I’d link to it now.  Click here if you’d like to read my essay, “Saving a Single Human Life Can Save the World.”

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

8 thoughts on “It’s Finally Published!”

  2. Good for you! my 8th graders’ final exam for the past three years has been a TIB essay. They really get into it and last year I had them read and voice record their essays and burned them onto CDs. It’s been a great project.

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  3. Mary Alice:

    I totally miss it! Although consulting and writing does mean that Sunday nights, like tonight, are a lot less hectic. Did I mention I miss the classroom though? 😉

    Hope things are going well up in MA!

    My best,
    Stacey

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  5. Thanks so much for writing this wonderful essay. There is nothing simplistic about it! I remember being very moved when a Jewish friend explained the concept of righteous gentile to me. Very few Christians know this term (even if they are intentionally living it). I love that this essay is published at the intersection of two religious holidays: in time for the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle and during Advent.

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  6. Thanks! Looking at it now, there are a lot of things I wish I could go back and revise. I wrote the text so that it would be accessible for my fourth graders to use as a mentor. I think it’s a little simplistic, but it is what it is.

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