When asked to write, many would shun the task and such folks include teachers. "But I am a teacher, not a writer," would be the common excuse. Pause here if you are a teacher and especially if you are a teacher of the English Language.
Imagine your student telling you, "But I am not growing up into an English Language teacher! I want to be a pilot when I grow up and I won't need to write letters in the air!" What would you say to your student?
Many teachers do not realize the power of the pen, or in today's technology-driven world, that of the keyboard. The power is in you - you move the pen, you move the keyboard. As an English Language teacher, you have the power to write and to motivate your students. You must love what you are doing if you want to teach well.
"But I read better than I write. I can tell my kids all about Shakespeare, but don't ask me to write."
Do you see irony in the sentence? The teacher is but a step to writing! Telling is simply verbalisation of what is in you and writing is putting in black and white what you are verbalising.
I rest my case.
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