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North Carolina's Tar River Writing Project on the Radio

Publication: WUNC
Date: August 20, 2008

Summary: East Carolina University English Professor Will Banks and two educators who took part in the Tar River Writing Project's summer institute discuss why teachers need to hone their writing skills to be better teachers.

 

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I think that it's crucial for teachers to first see themselves as writers before they can be good teachers of writing. I think we have to rediscover the joy of it.

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