tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741956313845023588.post8007622089514581239..comments2024-03-06T05:13:58.358-08:00Comments on Literacy in Leafstrewn: Social class and readingEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14853888915441711738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741956313845023588.post-60533549912494384522012-07-13T17:23:15.249-07:002012-07-13T17:23:15.249-07:00But you prepare them by having them DO it, no? It ...But you prepare them by having them DO it, no? It may be true that "the demands of school have increased", but we are a part of school, and we can play a role in what those demands are. If we demand that they are (or at least help them to be) readers, if only for the hour or so every day that we have some influence on, that is something. I don't think I, for one, always demand it... Yes, let's all create Matildas! Millions of Matildas!EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14853888915441711738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741956313845023588.post-77080122877356237852012-07-13T05:24:27.340-07:002012-07-13T05:24:27.340-07:00“A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?.....“A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!” <br />― Matilda's father, Roald Dahl, Matilda<br /><br />One of the reasons we love Matilda is that she isn't like her anti-intellectual parents and she turns the normal parent-child relationship with reading on its head. How rare are these Matilda's? They exist but they are pretty rare. Part of our job as teachers is to create them.<br /><br />I have thought a lot about the possibility that we are in a world where people may become readers later in their lives than they used to. The demands of school have increased and the "demands" of Facebook and videogames and texting are ciphoning off students' leisure time. However, those demands lessen after college (and perhaps during). I have thought about what it means for me as an English teacher if what I am actually doing is PREPARING students to become readers later in their lives...MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935598217191887893noreply@blogger.com