“The pen is mightier than the sword”. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
in Richelieu.
Writing is a key form of communication. We write to express
our ideas, to communicate with others, to remember important details, and to
learn new things. Writing gives the individual an outlet for expression that
can be comparable to forms of art. We write memoirs, poems, stories, song
lyrics, and many other artistic expressions. As an English teacher my job is
not just to teach students to read and write, but to show them the many ways
that writing can become important to them in their futures beyond school. As a
History teacher it is my goal to show my students what great things historical
figures have accomplished through their own writing, and to engage students to
further develop and expand their own skills no matter what they are writing
for; the History paper or the Science paper deserve good grammar no less than
the English paper. Writing is arguably our greatest form of communication; it
is through the writing of important speeches and ideas that great men and women
have accomplished great things. Even though we are heading into an age driven
by technology, skill with the pen will be no less important tomorrow than it
was yesterday.
So great to see your reading around the significance of writing today as not something that has been lessened by technology. Youth are writing, in a myriad of ways, more than ever and thus we should be able to find a range of entry points into engaging students in 'writing the word and the world.'
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