I do not remember when I learned how to write, but I do remember the teachers and the subject matter that made me think and made me want to write what I was thinking. Throughout my formal school education, it was my English teachers who truly amazed me for it was they who taught me the tools I needed to write. In high school I had a magnificent teacher named Mr. Dawson. I was fortunate …showed first 75 words of 921 total…

…showed last 75 words of 921 total…the time he took that taught us how to write and to make us want to take it to the next level. Mr. Dawson not only took an interest in my writing, but in that five minutes when my sonnet was being read, helped me build the confidence to see that I should take an interest in my writing as well and that I should share it with others because I had something to offer.