picture description non-free write

The writing assignment today was to look at a picture of yourself with an important descriptor written on your hand and, in third person describe how you fit the word or how it fits you and then do the same foe some one's picture you don't know. This was a great way to get a different perspective on describing yourself because in third person I tended to think on a broader scale. I wrote somethings to describe myself in a way that made me want others to read it. Writing about someone else just from their picture really made me think of things from someone else's perspective. I had to ask speculative questions of myself which opened another part of my brain and thinking.
My favorite excuse for not wanting to write was always, "I'm a talker, I love to talk, I'm afraid if I talk on paper it won't sound as good." HOGWASH! I can now say after multiple writing classes with some wonderful and some not so Professors. I have come to believe that writing and talking don't have that much in common, especially for me because alas, I must admit I'm famous for opening my mouth first and my brain later. Now when I write it's as if I'm examining things in my brain with a magnifying glass and sometimes even a microscope. If I write about something I've observed I take the time to think more deeply about it. I see it over and over and take it apart and put it back together. I want to describe it so others can experience all aspects of my vision.
My ideas about teaching children to put there thoughts on paper ( my interest is 6-8yr olds)are more about imparting an excitement and enthusiasm of how writing can open up a world of communication to ALL children. It doesn't matter if your shy, quiet, unsure of yourself, unpopular, so on and so on you can communicate with your,friends, parents, even the word through writing. The mechanics are not important at first it has to be about learning how to observe everything in their world, big and small and to get those ideas on paper.