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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Pat Conroy's Inspiration for Teachers

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Pat Conroy's Inspiration for Teachers

Pat Conroy's Inspiration for Teachers

For teacher appreciation week, author Pat Conroy has released a lovely video.

Most captivating to me are his words:

"I didn't know if I could teach or not, but they let me know I could. And the teaching caught up, it caught inside me and I could not help it."
Most good authors are teachers at heart. They teach us with words. I'll never forget that Pat's book Beach Musicwas one of my first that I listened to as an audiobook. My children were small and I was a stay at home Mom. I didn't think I could make it through the days and I plugged in the book (into my walkman cd player) and listened. Transported to another world, it helped my world of diapers and Barnie.

When the note came across my inbox from his publicity company, I had to jump at the chance to be the first
blog to feature this video. (The ebook that is offered is through Pat's organization and has no affiliation or