Their are several moments throughout this article such as this one where we see Abraham's ability to give profound insight. It reminds me of the article, "Children Writing Hard Times" by Elizabeth Dutro where the teachers ask the students to write about their understanding of hard times, and the they find that these students are not able to receive the academic recognition they deserve because the curriculum did not allow for all of the different interpretations of hard times that the children had. Abraham is another good example of a student who has knowledge and potential to be tapped into, but that through restricting compositional and writing outlines may struggle had he not had such an understanding and patient mentor or teacher as he did.

Maxine's statement is a great example of why personal narrative writing can be a good use of a child-guided approach and introduction to writing and composition. For many teachers who have trouble regaining lost interest for students with writing, a personal narrative assignment allows them to bring their own self and interests into the medium and in return, allows the teacher to see their students more clearly (as we also see throughout this article).