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The great American president Teddy Roosevelt kept a diary. This is what he wrote when he was in love with his "sweet life" Alice Hathaway:
I drove over in my sleigh to Chestnut Hill, the horse plunging to his belly in the great drifts, and the wind cutting my face like a knife. My sweet life was just as lovable and pretty as ever; it seems hardly possible that I can kiss her and hold her in my arms.
He wrote this when his wife and mother died on the same day:
The light has gone out of my life.
Why did he write these things? So that someone 130 years later could quote them in a book? Probably not. He wrote them because he wanted to reflect on his life and understand it through writing. Of course, historians and handbook writers are plenty happy that Teddy Roosevelt kept a journal, but he did it for himself, a personal form of writing that helped him deal with life.
Journals can do the same for students. And (who knows?), when they become president, the journal will make historians and handbook writers very happy
Think About It
“Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.”
—Robin S. Sharma
Start-Up Activity
The great American president Teddy Roosevelt kept a diary. This is what he wrote when he was in love with his "sweet life" Alice Hathaway:
I drove over in my sleigh to Chestnut Hill, the horse plunging to his belly in the great drifts, and the wind cutting my face like a knife. My sweet life was just as lovable and pretty as ever; it seems hardly possible that I can kiss her and hold her in my arms.
He wrote this when his wife and mother died on the same day:
The light has gone out of my life.
Why did he write these things? So that someone 130 years later could quote them in a book? Probably not. He wrote them because he wanted to reflect on his life and understand it through writing. Of course, historians and handbook writers are plenty happy that Teddy Roosevelt kept a journal, but he did it for himself, a personal form of writing that helped him deal with life.
Journals can do the same for students. And (who knows?), when they become president, the journal will make historians and handbook writers very happy
Think About It
“Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.”
—Robin S. Sharma