Influencing Young Minds

I teach a class of ninth graders once a week.   Teaching is at once exhilarating and intimidating, because those kids take my words at face value.  They believe and trust me, so I try to be careful and extremely intentional with every word I say.  I want to teach them, influence them, but not mislead them.

So, in using my teaching power for the good of my students … I have, of course, already introduced them to Fisher Space Pens and have even let them all write with my favorite Bullet Pen.  Oh, how their young faces lit up!  They had so many questions … and I had answers.

I truly love each student in that class and have already decided that on our last day I will give them each a Rocket Pen.  Rocket Pens are great for such occasions, because they are affordable enough to buy for a large group of people, yet they still contain the Zero Gravity Ink Cartridge that makes theFisher Pens great.  They come in four colors, with the ink matching the barrel: red, blue, black, and silver.  I think I will get them all the same color, the Black Rocket Pen, because most teachers prefer black ink. I want them to be able to use their pen as much as possible, thereby impressing their friends!