"You may have noticed that you express yourself more easily in media not associated with school: you pick up a hammer, brush, pencil, or camera, or you turn on your computer or sewing machine. In a corner of your life, you maintain tools for your kind of expression. You savor your medium, whether it is clay, wood, food, flowers, a well-exercised body, paint, cloth, paper, or words, and the smell is sweet.
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You want to teach. You want to help children create and take pride in their work, just as you have. You see teaching as another kind of authorship, which encourages students to express what they know. You observe them on the playground and overhear them talking. You sense the stories and ideas embedded in a single written line. You witness their expressive potential and help them realize their own intentions."
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