Writing

You’ve read this paragraph three times. You’re still lost. The student who wrote it is articulate in class discussions. She participates, she gets the grammar, but this paragraph? It jumps from idea to idea like someone channel-surfing. You can’t follow the thread. You look at the clock. You have 23 more essays to grade. This […]

I don’t remember why I asked the question, but I’d written it on the board: “What’s the most terrible sound you’ve ever heard?” Amara raised her hand. She spoke slowly, carefully choosing each word. “The most terrible sound I’ve ever heard is a child crying for food, and there is no food to give her.”