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I guess I have a knack for asking the right question at the right time. John Ettorre's son Michael has a blog, and I've added it to the NEO Blogroll:

"To release his adolescent angst, I've encouraged him to write and articulate in any medium with which he's comfortable, which led to one especially memorable rant against his parents, in the medium of rap lyrics (which I'll of course keep private--but trust me, it was pretty interesting). So the blog is merely his most recent venture into those waters, which I hope will be a lifelong progression in using language. In just four blog entries, he has already done a couple of interesting things: posted from a remote location (while at hoops camp with his cousin on the west coast), and gone collaborative, by letting his buddy Tyler write the most recent posting. Good luck on your writing, Michael."

Yes, good luck writing. At our EduCAT meeting last night, one of the topics of discussion was allowing young people to find there voice and express themselves in positive, creative ways. It sounds like the Ettorre family is doing exactly that! Keep up the good work, John. BFD recommends the book John Ettorre recommeded to me and countless others William Zinsser's Classic On Writing Well