I am all grammared out.

When I came to Mizzou I was unsure what I would major in. After taking an english class in college I realized how different teaching can be from what I was used to in high school. Many of my teachers were sub-par, according to my definition of par now. I didn't get much grammar schooling when I was younger in middle school and earlier. When I entered upper-level classes in high school we did all formal papers. There was a lot of research papers and papers about books, but we didn't do any creative writing. My teacher would allow us time to free write in class, but we never pursued it any further than that. I think grammar is important in the right circumstances, but the most important things that are learned in english classes come from what the student can come up with creatively on their own and when it come to that I don't think grammar is the most important thing in the world. I want my students to be able to read great authors and see what they do with writing and then use that knowledge to come up with their own material. I think along the way students will learn the important parts of grammar.