Every student's work has merit

Yeah, touchy feely title! So I was reading in Christina's blog that it was only the "popular" students in her class that had the opportunity to publish their work and I was a little upset by that. One of the teacher's who had the greatest impact on my learning was my 3rd grade teacher. Even to this day I can be in class and think of an anecdote that in some way connects to a lesson from Mrs. Chartrandt's class. Every student had the opportunity to publish their works and they didn't just sit in the library where they would never be read again. Copies of our published books would be donated to younger classes and local businesses. You could find a copy of Mrs. Chartrandt's Scary Stories in the waiting room of the doctor's office. I can remember reading other people's stories when I was younger and then reading my own story to my mother when I was waiting for Dr. Williams to call me in for my physical. Even better, each student got their own book with all of their stories in it. I still have mine.

Finding my stories when I was out and about with my family brought me such a sense of pride, and I am sure my mom found listening to my fairy tale every time we went to the doctor obnoxious. I would hope that other teachers would give their students the same opportunity.