Here's why I call my blog Creating Writers One Semester @ a Time. It's from my Teaching Philosophy.
"I want my students to know that I am a writer and that they are being taught by a writer. I want my students to know that I struggle at times with writing and that I have had to work my way through a writing task. I want them to know that I get writer’s block, don’t feel like writing at times, and sometimes dislike the writing tasks that I have been assigned.
Most importantly, I want to teach my students that they can be better writers by writing more. I feel that if your students know that you have experienced what they are experiencing, then they will believe in you more and be more willing to hear what you have to say."
When a student walks into my class, they are writers. When they leave my class, they have a different view of writing, usually, a more positive one.
