Super program.

Okay, the name itself is a mouthful. Yesterday, I was in South Carolina at the State Superintendent of Education Writing Award Program for the Summer Writing Institute. The event itself was invigorating. I spent two sessions with 5th and 8th graders (actually, 6th and 9th, since school was out for the year) who were district-level winners of an essay contest. Smart kids. Fun kids. It is just so energizing for me to speak to groups like that. There is hope for the future.