(The following is my latest Huffington Post blog.)
Nothing I have ever done has
brought me as much joy as I have received from teaching children how to write
the past 14 years. Helping young writers grow and mature has been richly
rewarding and I would not trade my experiences for anything.
That being said, if I were 18
years old and deciding how I want to spend my adult years, the last thing I
would want to become is a classroom teacher.
Classroom teachers,
especially those who are just out of college and entering the profession, are
more stressed and less valued than at any previous time in our history.
