Along with looking at the mechanics of writing, Waterways teachers watched how students responded to peer writing. Responses would differ according to the students’ social awareness. Waterways could model social awareness through discussions of Streams anthologies in family groups at alternative schools.
Thought and language are transformed through social interactions. A person’s individual perspective and self awareness grow in relation to the surrounding community. Students were surprised to find themselves studying the informal communications between students. A floppy disk and a computer facilitated correspondence between students attending class in Alternative High Schools and Programs. A GED student, reacting to the “irresponsible attitude” of a pen pal letter by a resident in a drug treatment program, wrote a response which Waterways published.
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