Teachers guide their students in the discovery and love of words.
As teachers, we must continue our own journey of discovery. Words, Words, Words and CATE 2001 provide these opportunities because of the efforts of many dedicated volunteers. Just such a load of 100, at a minimum of 20 minutes per week per student for the evaluation of writing, involves 33 hours beyond regular teaching duties. The same 100 to 1 ratio was recommended by James B. Conant's 1960's study of The American High School. No other subject area bears such a disproportionate and overwhelming workload.