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Ahhhhhhhh....
Jun. 18th, 2004 02:20 pmI love the subtle decadence of the world. I love the extravagance of the simplest leaf, the complexity of the most basic atom. I love the uniqueness of the taste of fresh air, and the unnecessary beauty of the sunset. I love animals in all their wildness and humans even in their most basic domesticity.
I love my ability to express my love. The gift of speech is so wonderful, and I almost always take it for granted, knowing that I will be able to communicate without conscious effort. It's a beautiful thing. It's the reason I want to teach English.
I've had so many horrible teachers who tried to instill in me an "appreciation" for literature and succeeded only in awakening a very real dread of reading for class. Reading should never be a dreaded activity. It should be an activity in which humans rejoice, as they do at the telling of a traditional story. It should be a communal activity involving hours of free discussion. It should be a distinct experience for each separate person, and it should seek to discover the point within that person's mind that resonates with it.
Maybe I'm naive and idealistic, but that's what I want to tell my students. I want to make one of them understand that reading is a thing of power and grace. I want to make one of them understand that he or she can leave the world forever in the pages of a book.
I think that would fulfill my life.
( 3 - Morning has Broken )
I love my ability to express my love. The gift of speech is so wonderful, and I almost always take it for granted, knowing that I will be able to communicate without conscious effort. It's a beautiful thing. It's the reason I want to teach English.
I've had so many horrible teachers who tried to instill in me an "appreciation" for literature and succeeded only in awakening a very real dread of reading for class. Reading should never be a dreaded activity. It should be an activity in which humans rejoice, as they do at the telling of a traditional story. It should be a communal activity involving hours of free discussion. It should be a distinct experience for each separate person, and it should seek to discover the point within that person's mind that resonates with it.
Maybe I'm naive and idealistic, but that's what I want to tell my students. I want to make one of them understand that reading is a thing of power and grace. I want to make one of them understand that he or she can leave the world forever in the pages of a book.
I think that would fulfill my life.
( 3 - Morning has Broken )
