article_snippet: Though a teacher was originally a nutritionist - then a medical copywriter - a teacher hands-on lessons in environmental science and outdoor education during a teacher 17 years of teaching have won much praise.
article_snippet: Atwell said Atwell's 'convinced that teaching language arts is one of the great careers', because it's 'demanding', but also 'meaning-filled' and 'interesting'.
article_snippet: Atwell said: 'I get to demonstrate what is possible, teach what is useful, establish conditions that invite engagement, support the hard work of literary reading and writing, and enjoy the kinds of relationships with adolescents that drew me to education in the first place. '
article_snippet: Because my students select the books my students read and the subjects my students write about, I'm able to help my students discover what reading and writing are good for, here and now and in my students literate lives to come. '
article_snippet: There is nothing more important than putting the right book in a child's hands at the right time.'
article_snippet: Atwell built an 'excellent classroom library',  in hopes of letting Atwell own students discover what her own students wanted to read on her own students own. '
article_snippet: I worry that educational bureaucrats have a problem with pleasure,' Atwell told USA Today, 'that if kids are enjoying what kids're doing, it can't be rigorous or worthwhile.'
article_snippet: Atwell has been a teacher for 17 years and Atwell hands-on lessons in environmental science and outdoor education have won much praise .
article_snippet: I love teaching, and teaching science, because teaching allows me to learn and work along with my students,' Volain said. '
article_snippet: I love teaching because every day I get to do something great.