Who Am I as a Teacher?

I've been teaching for many, many years now. Well, I've been teaching an imaginary classroom, for many, many years now. That counts as experience, right? I have also been writing since the third grade by pouring every account of my day into journals. I call them the “Felicia Volumes 1-10”. I am not the type of writer that is completely fixated on the way my sentences look. Meaning, I don't really care about grammar. I care more about how my sentences convey what I feel and how they make my reader feel.

As a teacher and writer, I want my students to gain what they can in terms of grammar and syntax but more importantly, I want them to be able to turn to writing as an outlet of emotions. That was what it was for me in the third grade, when I received my first journal from my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Shombs. I still remember her and that moment she gave me my journal to this day. I had been bullied my whole elementary educational experience and I hated going to school for that reason. Writing in journals helped me express how I felt at every given moment because it was always right there with me. That's the thing about writing; all you need are your hands. There is no depending on another person, relying on someone to pick up the pieces that seemed to break instantly in your life. All you need to do is find somewhere to write.