February 14, 2003

A Teacher Learns to Let Her Students Be

By NATALIE HARRIS

When I first began teaching college English, I wasn't much older than my students. I worked at looking and sounding authoritative, going so far as to imitate not only the teaching methods but also the speech patterns (stopping just short of the heavy Brooklyn accent) of my favorite English professor. I'd show those students I had something to teach them! But did I? Well, yes, but it was mainly the knowledge I'd acquired from my own teacher, Mr. G.

I had many good teachers, but none of

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