Paul - Thank you for the welcome.  I am a new 6th grade teacher.  In my
first life, I was an attorney.  On both counts, I am reluctant to speak
up!   But I must say that I am finally realizing why my years of
reading cases was torture -- poor writing.  Enough said.  I love the
list and have already learned so much!

Marcia Alessi
On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 06:33 AM, Paul E. Doniger wrote:

> Just a response to one of John Crow's comments in this thread:
>
>> Finally, your belief that this listserv is exclusively for college
> teachers
>> of English is false.  It is intended for grammar concerns at all
>> levels.
>> The problem is that K-12 classroom teachers are reluctant to
>> participate
>> actively.  However, things will never change unless people like you
>> roll
> up
>> their sleeves and jump in.
>
> Perhaps John isn't aware that both Amy Benjamin and myself, two people
> who
> are not only very active but also constitute 50% of the ATEG board,
> are K-12
> teachers. True, we both teach in high school and would like to see more
> elementary and middle/junior high school participants, but I think Amy
> might
> agree with me that the participation of K-12 teachers has grown over
> the
> past few years. The more and wider the participation, the stronger
> ATEG will
> become.
>
> John, if I'm not mistaken, you are a K-12 teacher and are becoming
> active in
> a very positive way; your presentation at last year's conference was
> very
> useful, for example, and I expect you have more good material to share.
>
> Welcoming all levels of teaching,
>
> Paul E. Doniger, Secretary
>
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