Everyone is Someone In the Making
-Impact intellectual and emotional development
8th Grade Moving Up... as awards were announced, the words that were read for one particular presentation stayed with me long after the ceremony was over.
When Ms. Litts gave her English award she said (paraphrased) - Shane is an author in the making ... what a powerful accolade -- an author in the making, not someone who got excellent grades in English or someone who would be an author someday, but someone who was an author in the making.
-Compare the interactions between teacher and learner in "Finding Forrester", "Mr. Holland's Opus", and "Songs of the Heart" ...'
> Forrester uses "kick in the butt", heavy handed red-pen treatment to inform and motivate his young apprentice.