Thought provoking and so well articulated and I found myself nodding countless times throughout. Like many others, reading is a hobbie I picked back up during the pandemic after abandoning it completely when I was at university.. In that early reintroduction period, there were so many books I struggled through or gave up on, but I've since revisited a few and been able to see them in a new light, with a deepened perspective. One such book wherei recently had this "gotcha" moment with was Toni Morrison's beloved. Critical thinking and literary analysis not skills that are a given but rather are developed over time through committment and consistency and willingness to learn.
I teach English as a second language (ESL) and, more lately, English lit. I've started including vocabulary lists for my lit students the same as I would for my ESL students, and I've gotten a lot of appreciative comments. Quietly providing such a list helps out my francophone and hispanophone students studying in English, and guides ANY student intimidated by language. Wish I thought of this two years ago when I started teaching lit!!!
This is so well articulated. I had a similar experience this weekend when my nan asked me how to use the alarm clock on her phone. Truly, giving people more information can be so simple to us and yet so helpful to them- such a missed opportunity when we don't give that extra helping hand, yet it is so easy to overlook it thinking they already know.
We often forget how fortunate and privileged we are to be educated.
Thought provoking and so well articulated and I found myself nodding countless times throughout. Like many others, reading is a hobbie I picked back up during the pandemic after abandoning it completely when I was at university.. In that early reintroduction period, there were so many books I struggled through or gave up on, but I've since revisited a few and been able to see them in a new light, with a deepened perspective. One such book wherei recently had this "gotcha" moment with was Toni Morrison's beloved. Critical thinking and literary analysis not skills that are a given but rather are developed over time through committment and consistency and willingness to learn.
I teach English as a second language (ESL) and, more lately, English lit. I've started including vocabulary lists for my lit students the same as I would for my ESL students, and I've gotten a lot of appreciative comments. Quietly providing such a list helps out my francophone and hispanophone students studying in English, and guides ANY student intimidated by language. Wish I thought of this two years ago when I started teaching lit!!!
This is a great reminder for anyone with any advance skill set! Thank you
A really good reminder, thank you for writing this.
This is so well articulated. I had a similar experience this weekend when my nan asked me how to use the alarm clock on her phone. Truly, giving people more information can be so simple to us and yet so helpful to them- such a missed opportunity when we don't give that extra helping hand, yet it is so easy to overlook it thinking they already know.
Thanks for sharing this Robin. I was thinking about writing something similar but you beat me to it.
Insightful article, much appreciated 👍