Write To Keep Yourself Sane

Publication: El Paso Times
Date: July 19, 2008

Summary: Eric Ramos, a West Texas Writing Project teacher-consultant, lists the many reasons all of us should write. Above all, he emphasizes that to write is to be a writer.

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There were times where words would flow out effortlessly to create paragraphs of thought. Other times all I could muster was a sentence or two.

But the act of writing what I thought allowed me to take a step back and honestly look at my thinking. I kept an active log of our readings. I reflected on how they informed my teaching and my own learning. My ability to add to the discussions we had about our books was greatly enhanced.

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