When I become an English teacher, I am going to make Shakespeare fun. If we must teach it, we might as well make it educational. When I become a teacher, I want to give marks based on effort. After all, in the real world, effort counts, right?
No, I guess effort isn't enough. I guess it's really the quality of work that matters in the end. If so, I will teach my students to produce quality work. I will guide them through writing those horrid essays so that they have something they can feel accomplished about. I will avoid discouraging them with low marks. I want to make literature meaningful.
I took two English courses this year: one I loved, the other I hated. Why? I really enjoyed Modern British Literature because the professor encouraged us to think. I really hated Shakespeare because the professor forced us to think until we mentally choked. That is the difference. I want to encourage my students to think by providing them with eye-opening pieces of literature; with new and different insights into the ways of looking at things. I want literature to come alive in my class.
Someday... I will stand in front of a classroom, and say, "Welcome to English class. It is going to be the most important class you will ever take in your life. And you will enjoy it."
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oy, my name is "indecisivemoi" for blogger....its channing
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