My Writing Coach Profile! (Blog Post #2)

Hi all! My name is Dylan Temple and I'll be one of your writing coaches this semester!

Here's a little collage to kind of see an abstract of who I am as a person and a writer.



Who am I as a writer? Now that is a hard thing to define, so I'll have to start at the beginning of my reading and writing career...

(Yes, that is baby me)

Okay, so maybe not that far... But around late middle school to early high school I actually really began to slack as a reader and my writing suffered because of it. I became very dissuaded with reading because I felt no connection to what I had to read. This disadvantage was continued by having a hypercritical English teacher my freshman year. It is best said by McAndrew who speaks of tutoring, but applies with teaching: "if a tutor zeros in only on surface errors...the effect on the writer may be harmful and adverse to the goals of tutoring" (17).

Rightfully so, I struggled through high school English courses going from honors classes to standard classes. I understand that there is often a disconnect between students and English teachers and I'll be here to help strengthen your writing and therefore your reading too.

If you'd like to learn about the connection between reading and writing, check out this link (and maybe the podcast on the cite too). https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/relationship-between-reading-writing/

Now, you may be asking, "why should I trust this guy to coach me in my writing?" 

Well, here is how I have progressed as a writer.

My final semester of high school I finally began to read more often. Reading more and more in my free time. I ended up starting my college at UW Waukesha, and it was there where I found of love of English. I've taken multitudes of English courses in order to "up my game" as a writer/reader. I have taken classes specified in creative writing all the way to classes focused purely upon grammar and grammatical structure.

I have progressed as a student, and therefore I've progressed as an educator. A common misconception about teaching, is that once you begin doing it, you stop learning. I've learned that an educator should never stop learning. So, I hope I can help mentor you through writing, and I hope that you can teach me a thing or two!

Comments

  1. Candance Doerr-Stevens (a.k.a. "dancing stylus")February 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM

    Thanks, Dylan, for sharing a bit of Millie with us.

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  2. AmkFebruary 10, 2021 at 1:41 PM

    Hey Dylan,

    There was a lot of honesty in this point, and I love that. Totally relatable!

    Alyssa

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  3. SamanthaFebruary 10, 2021 at 2:45 PM

    Baby Dylan!!!!! Obsessed. I love how you can relate to students who are struggling, I think that will greatly benefit you as a teacher. You have a really great mindset and I think that all of your future students will learn so much!

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  4. JalousyFebruary 10, 2021 at 3:07 PM

    The way you went about it is amazing! Its very fun and inviting.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 12, 2021 at 3:26 PM

    I really enjoyed your real perception on how educators should support their students. I also had a hypercritical English teacher my junior year of high school that deterred me from wanting to read and write. I often think of what i want to be like as a teacher and i think its pretty much the opposite of how that specific teacher treated me. (lol) - Krista

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