Mrs. Stitham

I wish I could be as creative as everyone else with their sonnet writing abilities......no I don't. I won't lie. I enjoyed listening to Mrs. Stitham. I couldn't stop myself from agreeing with her at so many levels that I did interject that and probably interrupted her flow in speaking. Thank you for getting her information to me. I am contacting her this weekend to speak to my district office and the other teachers on the curriculum rewrite committee in hopes that it doesn't just inspire the other young teachers who are in on the process, but I hope she revitalizes some of the veteran teachers who seem to be on board just to check a block in hopes of getting a position in the district office after the process concludes.

I followed her 3 levels like everyone else did and it seems to fit all the other graphic organizers out there that justify the statistics for education. But I think I was paying more attention to them because they are based on her real world teaching observations and not some book that molds the statistics to every kid in the country.

My hopes are that I will report back next week to the class that I had a successful outcome from drawing on her insight. But, if it's not, I will not call it a loss or a defeat because she at least has validated to me that I am following a line of thought or a philosophy of Language Arts education that not only means something but is correct despite the current trends to teach tests.

Thanks for including her in our class and our foundation in this learning process.