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My 6-Word Story About Why Education is Important to Me - What's Yours?

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Carolina Fransen
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October 18, 2017

What’s the 6-word story that sums up why education is important to you?

Ever since Ernest Hemingway wrote what is considered to be the greatest 6-word story ever written, 6-word stories have become a great way to share thoughts, ideas, and philosophies in just six words.  

Here’s Hemingway’s masterpiece:  For sale: baby shoes, never worn.  

Whether it’s the greatest 6-word story ever written can be debated, but it would certainly qualify as one of the saddest, don’t you think?    

So, now, my challenge to you, fellow educator:  Write your own 6-word story that sums up why education is important to you— how it has shaped or defined your life.  Here’s mine:  Life without school is life unlived.  

Bonus: For another take on the 6-word story, and maybe a way to get you noodling a little bit, check this out over at MindTrekker.  

Please comment below.

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