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As many of you know, I am really involved in several activities in Egypt because of my love for this country and its people. One of my projects is an English and German Language Center called Rise Up with my two partners Ahmed Muhamed and Ehab Mohamed. These two young men were my former students when I taught in Cairo in 2011 and 2012. We became close friends. When I returned home, we decided to open a…..
All of us have favorite authors, favorite genres, and favorite subjects we enjoy reading. One thing that determines or influences our tastes is the writer’s style of writing. This includes his choice of words, his sentence structures, his type of organization, his motivation or purpose, and of course, his personality which plays an important role, too.
During my many years of teaching, I taught many kinds of writing—creative writing, such as poetry and short stories; letter writing;…..
As a high school Language Arts and English teacher for thirty-seven years in American public schools, I have taught many courses in all types of writing—short stories, dramas, poems, research papers, essays, and other expository forms. I have evaluated thousands of student compositions and written projects, but I never really had the time to sit down and write myself until after my retirement in May 2008. At first, I only wrote a few personal essays about my life for my…..
When I was a small child, I dreamed of being a famous actress, a singer, and a dancer. I wanted to be another Doris Day or Debbie Reynolds, but God had other plans for me. He convinced me that I was born to be a teacher, and after many years of spending my life as an educator, I know that He was right.
I come from a long line of educators. My late mother taught for forty…..