Monday, September 14, 2009

School Visits

I did my first school visits last Friday at Ephraim, Manti, and Gunnison Elementary. I wasn't nervous, but one lady teacher said I needed to speak louder. Kids from one school asked so many questions about my jumping stilts that they were almost late for lunch.
I want to do more visits.
Bring on the kids! Just keep them out from under my stilts.

3 comments:

  1. How much do you charge for school visits?

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  2. So far we've done them for free! It kind of depends on how far away the school is. Gas money would be nice for, say, Outer Mongolia!

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  3. Luckily, we are a little closer than Mongolia!

    I teach literature to grades 6,7,8,and 9 at the TLC Academy in Manti. I am trying to get the kids excited about writing. I have been telling them that they don't have to wait until adulthood to begin writing, and I gave you as an example. When one of my students mentioned that he wanted to do his book report on Bone Warriors, I had a flash of inspiration--what if we got the author to come and speak? Perhaps it would light a writing fire in some of the kids.

    Would you have any objections to coming to our school? If you do have objections, I understand. We're not exactly the most popular crowd in Manti. :)

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