Jan You teach adolescents, right? Maybe this is part of adolescent rebellion...they are trying so hard to establish their identities and perhaps that idea is threatening...like by giving them a book that changes them, we are somehow not accepting who they are to start with? What would happen if you asked how a movie changed them? Would they give the same response do you think? I wonder what they think change is? Do you think they interpret change as a fundamental change in who they are as a person? instead of a change in thinking? Jennifer In a message dated 3/22/2009 2:57:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wr...@att.net writes:
I know that I don't talk enough about how my reading has changed me. I also know that I get resentment from some very vocal students about this. They say, "I don't want a book to change me; I want a book just to be a story." I'd like to hear some ideas about why that is. It seems the students want no more than entertainment. Is that a correct interpretation about their feelings? Why are they so adamant about not wanting to change? Jan **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
