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My Mentor

April 20, 2010
By elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."


The teacher who is wise does not offer you to enter the house of her wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. The test of a good teacher is not how many questions she can ask her students that they will answer readily, but how many questions she inspires them to ask her which she finds it difficult to answer.

“Uh, Mrs. Hudzik?” I said, nervously clutching my paper with both hands.
Mrs. Hudzik slowly turned around with the composure of a well-trained warrior. “Is that your short-story?” She asked, looking over the top of her purple glasses at the paper I held in my hands.
“Yes, it is.” I said, looking at the black and white ink of my paper. I handed my paper to her and watched her reach for her red pen from inside of her desk.
“Please, take a seat.” She said, gesturing to one of the desks in the front of her classroom. I sat, gripping both sides of my English binder with my sweaty palms, and watched her uncap her red pen and write notes in the margins of my paper in her perfect, cursive handwriting. The red ink looked incredibly menacing against the black and white ink of my paper, as if she were slashing my paper with the invincible sword of rhetoric, her destructive hand sparing my paper, leaving it to bleed to death.
“Well, Elissa,” She said, looking at her computer screen with the Teen Ink website up, and then me, with a new-found respect, “Send your story here and keep on writing!”




Mrs. Hudzik is truly double living. She is experiencing everything twice: once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. She teaches her students about things that will not only come in great use at school, but also, in real life. Please, let me express my thanks in you, Mrs. Hudzik, for helping me pursue my dreams.



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mike said...
on Sep. 19 2011 at 8:29 am
i lovedity

on Jul. 18 2010 at 8:28 am
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

Awwwh thank you so much, Jackie!! I love you and you're amazing <33

on Jul. 17 2010 at 8:03 pm
SwallowedByInsanity PLATINUM, Hillsdale, New Jersey
22 articles 0 photos 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love is a poison, but it is also the antidote."

Elissa, dear dear Elissa. Allow me to be your critic on this one. How do I put this? Hmm... let's just say... this is perfection in every single way humanly possible! I couldn't change a thing if I wanted to! Love, Jackie <3

on May. 29 2010 at 9:24 am
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

Thank you!

ssammysoso said...
on May. 29 2010 at 9:23 am
WOW! great work! 

on May. 27 2010 at 8:56 pm
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

Thank you! Of course I will look at your work.

Safeleo said...
on May. 25 2010 at 1:18 am
Safeleo, Iwakuni, Other
0 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Looking up into the night sky is like looking into infinity - the distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless."
-Douglas Adams

Intresting story, I like it! Please look at my work and tell me what you think.

on May. 15 2010 at 7:57 pm
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

Thanks so much!

Ambie BRONZE said...
on May. 14 2010 at 5:42 pm
Ambie BRONZE, Millville, Pennsylvania
4 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If it can be dreamed, it can be done."

Good work!  I love everything about it!

on May. 7 2010 at 7:32 pm
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

Thanks so much!! Yes, I did show it to her (: 

Your articles were really really good, by the way!


on May. 7 2010 at 2:30 pm
sunnyhunny PLATINUM, Litchfield, New Hampshire
22 articles 3 photos 329 comments

Favorite Quote:
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
-Ghandi

Great job!  You gave true meaning to this story with your writing abilities.  This was very well written.  Many people would not have been able to describe your teachers traits as vividly and creatively as you did.  Have you shown this to her?  If not, I really think you should.