9/9: reading a white heron
Chris and I held a short-story session in the library today. Anyone who wanted to come was welcome, and we spent an hour reading aloud "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett and then discussing it. I love this story, I loved learning what other people saw in it, and I loved the fact that the event was entirely optional: only people who wanted to be there were there.
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Unlike school, right?
Today's good thing was when I asked some girls at Juvenile Hall if they had watched Obama's speech to school kids and what they thought of it. They had watched it and used words like "inspired," "it's okay to make a mistake," and "I want to work harder."
All is not lost.
Hi, Barbara--I'm glad that the girls you spoke with had such a good experience with the president's speech; that is really good news.
I generally feel lucky in my teaching that people are only in my classes by choice. But after their choice is made, all the formal things of a classroom kick in: grades, attendance policy, homework. I love teaching and school, but there's something special about an event like yesterday's, where everyone there has decided to gather and learn together without all the classroom apparatus and in a more informal way. For me, it was a reminder of the joys of life-long learning.
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