I have always enjoyed writing. As a child I scribbled stories on small rainbow tablets and read them to my friends. In high school I signed up for as many writing classes as I could including a "creative writing" class. Unfortunately, the teacher had a wild red pencil and almost squeezed the joy of writing out of me. Luckily, my master's program connected me with a professor who believed in my writing and encouraged me to keep at it. Writing my thesis, School of Bliss: A School Designed for Students' Happiness, gave me plenty of writing practice. When I went through my National Bo more...
