I have to pay tribute to the students I met at the Lindsay School in San Diego on Friday. Residents of that city may know Lindsay as a school for teenaged mothers; I saw it as a place filled with serious, curious, poised young women who were engaged and engaging in conversation. Whether questioning the ending of my novel Black and Blue, wondering how to sell their own writing, or asking to have a book signed for their children, they were aces. Difficult pasts for many of them, for sure, but Im betting on the future. It took me back, to see those babies napping and toddlers playing in the day care center and the one young mom nursing in the back row in class. Dawn Miller is their teacher, and she proves every day what I always say: teachers are the most important professionals in America because they change lives. I was so happy to spend part of the day with her and her students.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:57:15 +0000
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