I'm friends with my 5th grade teacher on Facebook. He is one of my favorite teachers, always pushing us to go beyond what we thought we could do. He had us doing 7th grade algebra by Christmas.
I have so many great memories of his class - Four Square tournaments, Mancala tournaments, we did a Stock Exchange Project, created our own board games - then played them all...
Okay. Enough Memory Lane.
He left a comment on one of my pictures yesterday. "Why don't you come talk to my 5th graders about being an author?"
My response: "Oh, you can't be serious. I'm just self-published. No one reads my stuff except friends and family. I haven't even written anything in months!"
Then his response: "The theme could be "passion" for writing or never giving up on a dream, or how you go through the process of starting a writing????? endless possibilities - 5th graders will think you're awesome as I have a very, very intelligent group who love to write"
I am...thrilled and flattered and floored, even though my first response was to laugh. Out loud. Literally.
I told him I would think about it. One person has already commented on the thread saying I should do it.
Part of me thinks I should. I mean...why not? But the other part of me thinks it's ridiculous. For the most part, I don't consider myself a real author. I love writing. I do have a passion for it. But I have a couple self-pubbed books only a few even care about.
Regardless, he has inadvertently reignited my motivation to write. I can't wait for the work week to be over so I can get back to it!
But...what are your thoughts? Advice? Should I do this? If so...what the heck do I say?
(I admit I fell asleep thinking about it. "How many of you have a dream?")
I have so many great memories of his class - Four Square tournaments, Mancala tournaments, we did a Stock Exchange Project, created our own board games - then played them all...
Okay. Enough Memory Lane.
He left a comment on one of my pictures yesterday. "Why don't you come talk to my 5th graders about being an author?"
My response: "Oh, you can't be serious. I'm just self-published. No one reads my stuff except friends and family. I haven't even written anything in months!"
Then his response: "The theme could be "passion" for writing or never giving up on a dream, or how you go through the process of starting a writing????? endless possibilities - 5th graders will think you're awesome as I have a very, very intelligent group who love to write"
I am...thrilled and flattered and floored, even though my first response was to laugh. Out loud. Literally.
I told him I would think about it. One person has already commented on the thread saying I should do it.
Part of me thinks I should. I mean...why not? But the other part of me thinks it's ridiculous. For the most part, I don't consider myself a real author. I love writing. I do have a passion for it. But I have a couple self-pubbed books only a few even care about.
Regardless, he has inadvertently reignited my motivation to write. I can't wait for the work week to be over so I can get back to it!
But...what are your thoughts? Advice? Should I do this? If so...what the heck do I say?
(I admit I fell asleep thinking about it. "How many of you have a dream?")