If you teach who you are, you must know who you teach.
You aren't a number, a color, or a inanimate object. You are living, breathing, and feeling. You are not void of emotion. You say what you think, smile when you are happy, frown when things don't go your way. You are intelligent. You see things as they should be, not always as they are.
Every good writer knows that they must know their audience. In the same way, a good teacher must know his/her students. As English and Writing majors, we were taught to analyze literature from different perspectives. As teachers of literature and writing, why wouldn't we teach to different perspectives?
There is beauty in diversity. Our quirks are what makes us unique. Our differences are what make us beautiful.
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