My husband, around 9 PM or so (I started grading at 1 PM and only took about four or so breaks), came in and told me I shouldn't bother writing comments on the essays since the kids wouldn't read them.
Today, when the greedy little jerks swarmed me before school, I gave them their essays one-by-one and sat there and made them read the comments!!
Anyway, I'm beat. But Rachelle Garner has a great post on voice, something I've been blogging about for awhile now.
So how do you find your voice? You can't learn it. You can't copy it. Voice isn't a matter of studying. You have to find it. And the only place to find it is within you.
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OK, I so agree with this. Voice is inside each of us and sometimes needs to be yanked out. Many methods to do this, and even then it likes to go back and hide in its cozy place. And then we have to coax it back out again.
What a wonderful way to put it!
Kudos to you for leaving a comment on every paper! :) I'm always working on my voice, trying to push myself to let the stuff that I want to say just roll out of my brain instead of trying to censor myself. Great link - thanks!
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