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The Beauty of the Word
When I was in third grade, we had career week. My teacher, Mrs. Leung, carved out some time each day for us to get clear about what we love to do and what we thought we would like to do when we got older. I was so excited by the end of the week. I dashed home and happily told my mother what I wanted to be when I grew up: an AUTHOR! My mother told me that it was impossible, that she did not know anybody (Chinese, that is) who was writing for a living. This was, of course, before the time of Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston. I covered it up immediately with: I can teach during the year and write during the summer, just like Gertrude Chandler Warner with The Boxcar Children. Over 2 decades later, I have taught first grade, just like Gertrude. Although published in a couple of anthologies, I have yet to come out with my own book, which is forthcoming.
