EDRG 3321-T TR CH1

Believing in Living Literature CH.1
I liked the way it talks about living and teaching through literature and how books are key to every child growing and learning. I also agreed with the fact that building a library for your class room is vital. I found it interesting that children's literature wasn't really focused on until the 1980's. That's kinda weird to me to think about. When I was a child I did not like to read I felt like it was a waste of my time and I would get mad when my mom made me read. It wasn't until I was older that I really started to appreciate it. When I had my first child I started him young, now he's 13 and he ask me to take him to Borders. He loves books. So I agree with teaching kids to want to read, is a bigger challenge.
If you don't believe every child can learn then you don't have any business being a teacher. Every child is going to be on a different level of learning so it's going to be our job to figure out how to help each child succeed. If you are going to have a negative attitude then your students will be negative as well. ATTITUDE is passed on!
The example of the students from Soviet Union was.... WOW. "The sight of so many books brought tears to his eyes" I tend to forget that books are an outlet to a whole new world. Books are knowledge. I have never thought of defending my values and beliefs because of a book....very interesting to think about.