What an insightful retrospective! Mr. Griffith, my once favorite high school sophomore world history/political science teacher, called me a pseudointellectual in front of the whole class, then cackled that I would not know what that meant. Still having a near-photographic memory, I stood up and recited its meaning from memory. It was hard learning from my once-favorite teacher after that.
My near photographic memory is not quite present anymore (dementia is not yet setting in, but GOSH, so many of my peers are experiencing it), but some memories have become engrained parts of the narrative.
I love everything about this! Great zine, and I love your phrase “unpack your emotional responses.” Yes! If I were still teaching I would steal it. It’s so much better than, what is the author suggesting? Why does s/he do it that way? It would be a great way to make discussions more student-centered too. The kids could mark passages they had strong responses to and we could discuss them in terms of emerging themes/elements/craft in whole or small group. Oh goodness I’m lesson planning 😜.
What an insightful retrospective! Mr. Griffith, my once favorite high school sophomore world history/political science teacher, called me a pseudointellectual in front of the whole class, then cackled that I would not know what that meant. Still having a near-photographic memory, I stood up and recited its meaning from memory. It was hard learning from my once-favorite teacher after that.
Oh no, that’s terrible. Funny how this stuff sticks with a person after all these years.
My near photographic memory is not quite present anymore (dementia is not yet setting in, but GOSH, so many of my peers are experiencing it), but some memories have become engrained parts of the narrative.
I love everything about this! Great zine, and I love your phrase “unpack your emotional responses.” Yes! If I were still teaching I would steal it. It’s so much better than, what is the author suggesting? Why does s/he do it that way? It would be a great way to make discussions more student-centered too. The kids could mark passages they had strong responses to and we could discuss them in terms of emerging themes/elements/craft in whole or small group. Oh goodness I’m lesson planning 😜.
Thank you! And you have a latent English teacher inside you too!