Someday you want to be able to teach groups and groups of precious young minds to write, and write well. Before doing that, you will need to work on improving your own skills and learning to grow in many different ways you never knew were possible. You should attempt writing outside your comfort zone more, because how will you ever be able to inspire and encourage your future students if you do not have faith in yourself? Writing is a scary thing because there is never one right answer, and not everyone will always agree with what you have to say - and even the youngest of students know that. They need a teacher who can say with no regrets that she has ventured into areas outside of her writing comfort zone; a teacher who can write a blog, a short story, an argumentative paper. A teacher who is currently working on a fiction book of her own, which scares/intimidates her to no end, but she still wants to pursue and conquer it. If you want to be not only a good educator, but also a motivator, you need to first advance yourself.
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