How to Get Kids Excited About Journaling
I hated writing as a kid (how things change…). And I mean Hated. It. But I did keep a diary, one of those with the cheapie metal lock that was easily picked by prying eyes. I wrote everything private in that little book. Boy-crushes, my worries, my deepest thoughts. It never occurred to me the irony here: I hated structured academic writing yet let the ink flow into a girly, flower-y volume. The answer seems obvious now. At school I wrote because I had to. At home I was the boss of what I wrote. Ba-Zinga. Just how slow was…
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