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Back-to-School Lessons for Writers: Why Learning the Rules Matters
by Tim Suddeth @TimSuddeth
At this time of year, returning to school is on many of our minds. Even for us, who no longer attend or must wait in the pickup line after school. (Although I have a niece who’s a principal and three who are teachers.) Maybe it’s all the notebooks and Crayola boxes displayed at the front of stores. Or it could be the back-to-school commercials. Or possibly, it’s all the frowns on the little kid’s faces and the big smiles on their parents’.
The start of school is like finding a Pandora’s box of what-ifs. It reminds us of the many questions we had as we looked forward to a new year of school. Will I make new friends? Will I like the teacher? Will the teacher like me?
