As if this wasn’t already evident in my reaction to the first half of his narrative last week, I find Scholes’ book so refreshing. I am not an English teacher, so I suppose I may not understand if his methods or proposals could be accepted in high school curricula, but nevertheless, I think he is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’
Insightful, all around great read
Posted in thoughts, tagged classroom, discipline, english, Pacesetter English, responsibility, students, truth on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Needs of Students
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged foundations, responsibility, Scholes, specialization on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hate to admit that this book has brought out the sentimental literary fool in me, but so be it. It is so refreshing to me to read a book by a person who so clearly loves the discipline. Unlike Graff’s often detached and elitist tone, Scholes presents this narrative as a deep [...]