-- Pablo Picasso
no doubt in my mind that there's a lot of truth to that statement...
- along this line, i read a very good article on bill strickland and he had a great, great comment: "Create a sense of extraordinary excitement." It's in this month's Edutopia magazine, which is also a super, free, find... i love strickland's take on things and love what he's started on the north side -- and am disappointed that this is the first i've heard of this...
- to an extent, i think that carrie vottero has elevated our school's library to this level -- there's definitely an extraordinary excitement to that space with carrie there...
- carrie and i are looking in to starting a reading group amongst our students -- any suggestions you might have would be appreciated -- we're trying to make this a fun thing, yet at the same time i am definitely looking for some pieces with a redemptive value in my eyes -- so we have to find a happy medium between twilight and atlas shrugged...
- speaking of ayn rand... i think i would just about kill to be in a class that focused just on her works -- whether teaching it or taking part in it -- either way, that might be the ultimate for me...
- espn's beat the streak has me absolutely hooked -- my best so far is three...
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Hey Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI don't know exactly what type of books you're looking for for a high school reading group, but here's a couple random ideas:
Beasts of No Nation: http://www.amazon.com/Beasts-No-Nation-Novel-P-S/dp/0060798688/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236005865&sr=8-1
This book was written by a 23 year old, told in first-person from the point of view of child soldier in modern day western Africa. It's a part of the world that's currently going through it's own version of the Holocaust but it's not getting much attention from the first-world countries like us.
The Metamorphosis by Kafka http://www.amazon.com/Metamorphosis-Franz-Kafka/dp/1600964222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236006089&sr=1-1
I'm sure you're very familiar with this, but it's a classic and it's weird and short enough to probably keep a high schooler's attention.
thanks for the suggestions, scott -- i will definitely take a look at beasts of no nation -- as for metamorphosis, it is now being taught to our seniors, so that takes it off the list (and, i must admit, i have never completely read it -- yes, they may take away my english teaching credentials now...)
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