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A Smart Place to Stop started as a reflection on teaching written by two middle school teachers in New York City. We used this blog as a model for our students as they began their blog experiments.

It is now attempting to be something a little more and a little less. Let us know what you think.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Everything That is Hard about Teaching Writing

1. There is no "right" answer in writing.
2. Writing is complicated!
3. Writing is about personal voice. How do you teach someone to develop his or her personal voice?
4. I don't know everything about writing.
5. Sometimes, writing makes my head spin.
6. There are so many different kinds of writing.
7. Writing requires creativity - something that cannot be taught, just encouraged.
8. Writing is never perfect.
9. The world is full of bad writing!

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