Doing the really challenging work of teaching writing can be so lonely when, day in and day out, you seem to be making things more complicated for yourself while everyone around you is doing stuff that just seems, well, so much easier.
—Katie Wood Ray
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This speaks to me about you Ruth! When you come into my room for workshop time, I don’t feel so alone in my teaching of writing.
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This post speaks to me also. Lonely is exactly the word I’ve been feeling. I need professional conversations with people who share my philosophy.
Thanks for providing cyber-conversations.
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What a great post–because it is hard. And worth it!
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Teachers that are working at their writing workshop need support. They need to be assured that implementing a workshop model to teach writing evolves over several years.
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Thank you, Katie, for articulating so well how I’ve felt from time to time but have not been able to put into words. I’m going to post this quote somewhere visible to remind me that I’m not really alone.
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