How NOT to read a book
Sounds rather like English class:
The tremendous pleasure that comes from reading Shakespeare was spoiled for generations of high school students who were forced to go through Julius Caesar, Hamlet, or Macbeth scene by scene, looking up all the new words and studying all the scholarly footnotes. As a result, they never really read the play. By the time they got to the end, they had forgotten the beginning and lost sight of the whole. Instead of being forced to take this pedantic approach, they should have been encouraged to read the play in one sitting and discuss what they got out of that first quick reading. Then they would have been ready to study the play carefully, for they would have understood enough of it to be able to learn more.
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Sarennah
Thu, 2012-01-05 13:50
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Reading Books
Interesting that you should post this quote. I'm currently reading a book called the Book Whisperer which has some very interesting ideas of how NOT to teach reading in schools. You should take a peek someday.