Allison WyssMay 27, 2023

@starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane @vashafer

Another approach is better guidance through books that are difficult. While I love the idea of more choice, everybody reading different things probably makes that guidance harder.

Also, I am boosting a lot because it's my habit and because I want to encourage the conversation. But I don't actually know, pedagogically, what's best. I don't know even know what the goals are for high school reading.

Show threadVanessa A. ShaferMay 27, 2023
@allisonwyss @starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane I can't speak for the experience any of you had in high school/Gymnasium/whatever but the literature teachers in my high school were big on symbolism. I don't recall any emphasis on meaningful interaction with the text.
Show threadAllison WyssMay 27, 2023

@vashafer @starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane

I remember a college lit course when the professor forbid us to use the word the symbol or symbolism in any way because he was so sick of the way high school had taught us to do nothing but root out possible symbols.

Show threadVanessa A. ShaferMay 28, 2023
@allisonwyss @starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane I think that's what turns so many off on literature whether it's reading or writing. The push to dissect the text and to tease out the teacher's interpretation of what it means, with no opportunity to offer a differing interpretation.
Show threadTrajecientMay 29, 2023

@vashafer @allisonwyss @starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane

Or the examiner's interpretation, when it comes to external exams.

Show threadVanessa A. Shafer
@Trajecient @allisonwyss @starbreaker @orionkidder @crcollins @joyce @WildTypeWriter @adaddinsane Yes, that too.
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