It's in My Blood
My journey of becoming a teacher and writer.75 total reviews
Comment from dmt1967
I was the kid who teachers gave up on but my stories were read out in class. This is a well written poem and for kids, although I am not one now, who are given up on, I thank you for your service.
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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I was the kid who teachers gave up on but my stories were read out in class. This is a well written poem and for kids, although I am not one now, who are given up on, I thank you for your service.
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it and your feedback. I'm sorry you were one of the ones overlooked. I hate that there are students out there like that. It breaks my heart. Thank you for you compliments. High praise, and I appreciate them. Take care. :D :D
Comment from Douglas Goff
First, I learned quick not to let anyone tell me that I was not a writer. I was just entertained by YOUR writing. Guess what, that makes you a writer! But not an editor. Ha! Some fixes:
Then, a coach tells me to "forget about that student; he doesn't matter." How dare
he say that! How many others gave up, shuffled this child to the side?
(Comma after the word 'to'. Also paragraph breaks in the middle. This happens five or six times in the story.
Also:
"It's in your blood." The voice, like the teachers who influenced me, sounds proud.
(Voice is a speech tag so:
your blood, "the voice, like )
This is a great and enjoyable peek into your journey author!
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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First, I learned quick not to let anyone tell me that I was not a writer. I was just entertained by YOUR writing. Guess what, that makes you a writer! But not an editor. Ha! Some fixes:
Then, a coach tells me to "forget about that student; he doesn't matter." How dare
he say that! How many others gave up, shuffled this child to the side?
(Comma after the word 'to'. Also paragraph breaks in the middle. This happens five or six times in the story.
Also:
"It's in your blood." The voice, like the teachers who influenced me, sounds proud.
(Voice is a speech tag so:
your blood, "the voice, like )
This is a great and enjoyable peek into your journey author!
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing, Douglas. I appreciate it and your feedback. Great suggestions. I'll fix those when I'm home from school later today. Thank you again, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Take care. :D :D
Comment from Terry Broxson
I enjoyed your poem. I like poems that tell a story, and yours tells an inspiring story of persistence and the hard work it took to get there. I like the free verse poetry style. This is similar to prose, but it gives you the latitude of poetry to repeat a line...It's in my blood. I thought that was effective.
Spacing is a problem for me when working in word and then copying to advanced editor. My only solution was to work in advanced editor. I never had a problem with it. When I am finished with a story, I can save it to my computer.
Good job. Terry.
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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I enjoyed your poem. I like poems that tell a story, and yours tells an inspiring story of persistence and the hard work it took to get there. I like the free verse poetry style. This is similar to prose, but it gives you the latitude of poetry to repeat a line...It's in my blood. I thought that was effective.
Spacing is a problem for me when working in word and then copying to advanced editor. My only solution was to work in advanced editor. I never had a problem with it. When I am finished with a story, I can save it to my computer.
Good job. Terry.
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing, Terry. I appreciate it and your feedback. I'm thrilled you enjoyed it. Thank you, also, for the editing suggestions. I appreciate them. Take care! :D :D
Comment from Mrs. KT
Hello, A.Myers,
Your offering is heartfelt, and I can certainly relate having been an educator for 38+ years.
I would, however, have posted your offering as prose as opposed to poetry because of its length and the way you have formatted it.
Best wishes,
diane
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Hello, A.Myers,
Your offering is heartfelt, and I can certainly relate having been an educator for 38+ years.
I would, however, have posted your offering as prose as opposed to poetry because of its length and the way you have formatted it.
Best wishes,
diane
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing, Diane. I appreciate it and your feedback. Wow! 38+ years. I hope one day I'll be there, too. That's amazing. Thank you again for reading. Take care. :D :D
Comment from GWHARGIS
I liked reading about your journey. I remember hearing how I would never be a writer. By a writing teacher, no less. Forget helping a passionate student work through things, you don't write using my formula. Nope, I fly by the seat of my pants. And I think it works. I bet you're a fabulous teacher because you can identify with their doubts. This was great. Gretchen
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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I liked reading about your journey. I remember hearing how I would never be a writer. By a writing teacher, no less. Forget helping a passionate student work through things, you don't write using my formula. Nope, I fly by the seat of my pants. And I think it works. I bet you're a fabulous teacher because you can identify with their doubts. This was great. Gretchen
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing, Gretchen. I appreciate it and your feedback. I'm sorry your writing teacher wrote that. Writing isn't some magical formula. Sure, there are the basics, but after that, it's all about finding your voice. Thank you again for reading. Take care. :D :D
Comment from Tom Horonzy
As to the spacing. Do you mean when copied and pasted, where you had
spaces betw paragraphs they disappeared? If so I understand, and the way I addressed it was to EDIT - by the advance prompt below the box, and hitting your RETURN button to score the space intended.
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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As to the spacing. Do you mean when copied and pasted, where you had
spaces betw paragraphs they disappeared? If so I understand, and the way I addressed it was to EDIT - by the advance prompt below the box, and hitting your RETURN button to score the space intended.
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for responding to this question. Yes, that's what I meant. I will try that later tonight. Fingers crossed it works. Thank you again for helping me. Take care. :D :D
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I have traveled that road one year ago. You simply need to field test the application.
Whenever you edit, always remember to SAVE and then VIEW and then if needing more edits begin round two.
There is yet another edit button to the right of save that is interesting. There you can color the background on the left, most days, and on the right choose a color for your text. Don't get frustrated. Good luck. I will gladly help if you'd like. I am in the USA 828-863-4787 if you dare.
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Nicely done.
"Forever in my heart of hearts." - I'd be wary of cliche'd, time-worn lines. They distract readers like pot holes.
FanStory is a nightmare with respect to spacing. Tom, the owner, tells us to use 'text' (.txt). I don't like the effect. Or the work. The 'Format' block in editing mode offers some help. After highlighting your work, try the various formats. I then have to remove paragraph spacing.
I would be overjoyed to learn the best trick.
Best wishes.
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Nicely done.
"Forever in my heart of hearts." - I'd be wary of cliche'd, time-worn lines. They distract readers like pot holes.
FanStory is a nightmare with respect to spacing. Tom, the owner, tells us to use 'text' (.txt). I don't like the effect. Or the work. The 'Format' block in editing mode offers some help. After highlighting your work, try the various formats. I then have to remove paragraph spacing.
I would be overjoyed to learn the best trick.
Best wishes.
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you, Wayne. I appreciate your feedback. Yeah, I felt the same about that line, too. I'll see if I can come up with another variation. Thank you for your suggestion on spacing, too. I'll have to try that later today after school. Thank you again. Take care. :D :D
Comment from karenina
You write from the heart and wring the very passion for learning, teaching, and writing from your marrow. I hung on to every word and so enjoy that you've had the blessing to listen to that small voice within...for the truth is we are meant to pursue our dreams and succeed!
Shame on anyone who would say "forget that student he doesn't matter."
Every student matters. I sense you have that fire burning in your belly to be sure they know that~ and THAT makes me very happy!
Karenina
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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You write from the heart and wring the very passion for learning, teaching, and writing from your marrow. I hung on to every word and so enjoy that you've had the blessing to listen to that small voice within...for the truth is we are meant to pursue our dreams and succeed!
Shame on anyone who would say "forget that student he doesn't matter."
Every student matters. I sense you have that fire burning in your belly to be sure they know that~ and THAT makes me very happy!
Karenina
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing, Karenina. I appreciate it and your feedback. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it so much. Yes, I do have that "fire burning" in my belly, and I'm grateful it's still here eight years later. Thank you again for reading. Take care. :D :D
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I've seen the opposite. That teacher who should have quit long ago--who stares past their students into some abyss of "what might have been." So stay aflame with enthusiasm! You are so needed!
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I will. I promise. I've seen and taken classes with teachers like that, and I hope and pray I never become like that with my students.
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I am certain that would not be possible...
Comment from Karyn2
This is such an inspirational write! Sometimes life throws us curve balls that we catch or dodge to pursue our dreams. Sometime the dreams change, sometimes they change for a season. I was 6 when I firmly decided I was going to be an author. I won a few competitions as a child and always wrote for as long as I could remember. The the dream was playing flute in an orchestra, then teaching - still teaching but I desperately want to write!!
You have what it takes! You'll get there for sure. A friend reminded me today, just do one thing everyday that gets you closer, 1 review, 1 paragraph, 1 inspiring word.
Re the spacing: I had this exact issue! So best I worked out was if I copy and paste into advanced, then click the blue select all square and then go to formatting and scroll to format. Then click out of the selected text and I can then usually enter spacing etc freely. Sometimes I then reset to "normal" format after. I read this tip somewhere on the forum and it seemed to work.
Best wishes with spacing, teaching and writing. I'm going to follow you now fellow teacher, writer!!
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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This is such an inspirational write! Sometimes life throws us curve balls that we catch or dodge to pursue our dreams. Sometime the dreams change, sometimes they change for a season. I was 6 when I firmly decided I was going to be an author. I won a few competitions as a child and always wrote for as long as I could remember. The the dream was playing flute in an orchestra, then teaching - still teaching but I desperately want to write!!
You have what it takes! You'll get there for sure. A friend reminded me today, just do one thing everyday that gets you closer, 1 review, 1 paragraph, 1 inspiring word.
Re the spacing: I had this exact issue! So best I worked out was if I copy and paste into advanced, then click the blue select all square and then go to formatting and scroll to format. Then click out of the selected text and I can then usually enter spacing etc freely. Sometimes I then reset to "normal" format after. I read this tip somewhere on the forum and it seemed to work.
Best wishes with spacing, teaching and writing. I'm going to follow you now fellow teacher, writer!!
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you, Karyn. I really appreciate you reading and your advice, especially about the spacing. Yes, life has a huge tendency to throw us major curveballs and such. I've been hit with several, even a writer's block that lasted several years. However, I'm glad I've been able to come out of it, and I'm thrilled that my teaching journey is going so well. Thank you for that. High praise, and I appreciate it--so much!! Thank you again for reading. Take care. :D :D
P.S. I hope you do make it to the orchestra, too.
Comment from Dawn Munro
Oh my! As I have aged, I swear my emotion-control button sank itself into postmenopausal stomach flab -- I cry at anything that moves me.
I can hardly see to write your review. (And if I have not fanned you, I am about to...)
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Oh my! As I have aged, I swear my emotion-control button sank itself into postmenopausal stomach flab -- I cry at anything that moves me.
I can hardly see to write your review. (And if I have not fanned you, I am about to...)
Comment Written 23-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 23-Jan-2023
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Thank you for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it and your feedback. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it so much. Thank you! Take care. :D :D
