This semester, I have 5 new classes - 3 American Government and 2 Sociology (in addition to my 1 year-long American History course). At the start of the semester, I always have my kids write me a letter telling me a little about themselves, what they like and don't like about school, what they hope to learn in the class, etc. The group of kids I have this semester wrote me probably the most interesting, personal letters I've ever gotten. I wish I could share some here, but I'm afraid they'd be too identifiable (you know, in case the 2-3 of you who read this happen to know those kids). But one I can share is from a girl wrote this:
"I really like to write. I don't keep a journal, or a blog or anything (because that's so vain), I just write stuff down when I feel like it."
Of course strains of Carly Simon popped into my head at Starbucks as I was reading the letter, and I couldn't help but laugh as I considered the irony of the fact that I'd just started to blog again. :-)
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