Gilmore Chapter 1

I like this introductory chapter of Gilmore it made me think about why I wanted to become a teacher. I've always have been a big fan of writing and I've always loved the personal essays and the journaling. I never understood why some people didn't enjoy writing or reading for that matter. But I love it.

My senior year in high school it all came clear. This is when I found out that writing was the way to the true soul. Creative writing that is. When you can just write without any restrictions and no boundaries. I found that this was what my passion came to be. I wanted to teach creative writing. Because to be able to comment on someones writing and be able to ask someone to explain this more in their essay, is a lot easier than asking someone to tell me what you trying to say. Some people say that it hard to write what is down in their heads and everytime it come out it just is not right, but I want, for my students, to just write. I think that this is a comfort zone, when students don't feel that what they put down on a piece of paper makes them look stupid.

I understand that writing does take practice and I understand that some students just don't like to write. But I will give them strategies to go by and I will make my student feel comfortable in their writing whatever level they may be at. I just hope one day I will get this creative writing class that I am always dreaming about.