tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post5293435822549671524..comments2023-03-13T00:53:25.860-07:00Comments on Writer's Wavelength: Reading with a PurposeSamAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11957168329971743563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-59145085033932530692012-11-17T09:09:58.690-08:002012-11-17T09:09:58.690-08:00Thanks for the comment. You're so right, too,...Thanks for the comment. You're so right, too, that some of the most powerful lessons come unexpectedly. So many things I would never have read if they hadn't been assigned to me in the first place. MOBY DICK again comes to mind. A lot of it was a wash when I first read it, but the final image of the ship going under has always stayed in my mind, and it was that image that caused me to link this character with this book. It's turning out to be a fortuitous link with lots of wealth to mine, but I never would have gotten there if my high school English teacher hadn't forced us to read it.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-43138002807675661482012-11-17T08:51:59.144-08:002012-11-17T08:51:59.144-08:00This is interesting, Cynthia. And a bit of an adju...This is interesting, Cynthia. And a bit of an adjunct to my point that I made to a parent that we as educators focus on "Make it relevant!" as our mantra when it comes to students.<br />I argue the opposite. They get relevance all the time in their own choices. <br />It's important to make it unrelated at times, and force kids to find their own personal relevance to what they read. If we chase relevance we become those completely uncool adults who kids look at sideways.<br />Beyond that, the most important lessons in life tend to come from the things that have no direct relevance to what we do or are. It is those things we read which help us grow more than anything else.<br />Cheers,<br />JJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504765081813076663noreply@blogger.com