I spent last Friday in Vermilion, hosted by the Buffalo Trails Public School Board. My session on The Reading and Writing Connection focused on helping teachers connect the text in their classroom resources with writing exercises that would improve their student’s literacy. I became very fond of my teacher participants; they were engaging and their ideas were interesting and funny. I think that’s because teachers are FUNNY! I don’t know if they know it, but I think they are very funny. Perhaps, like writers, their amount of face-time with adults is limited to recess, lunch time and meetings outside the parameters of their primary work environment. They are a surprisingly sane group of people when you consider the requirements of their profession. This, too, is similar to the day to day of a writer. Now, back to my cup of tea and my brainstorming.
