I t started out as the good parent thing to do: reading the E -mail update from the middle school lan guage arts teacher about the current topics the kids were studying, projects, due dates and the like. Th e teacher even went so far as to question the parents about their experience with said topics . "What is your writing process like?" "What are your thoughts on revision?" It then became an opportunity for me to share, thinking the teacher would use the responses as part of her teaching material. I took on a few questions in some detail. What I wasn't expecting was the foll ow-up E-mail from the teacher, asking me to be a guest speaker to share directly with some classes about my experience with writing. Suddenly, I had a Dad moment, as in my Dad . Being a now-retired professor , he loves any opportunity to get back into a classroom environment to share his stuff! I definitely didn't accept my invitation with the same kind of confidence and ...
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