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From: Robin Smith <smithr>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:12:04 -0500
I do not teach college, but I vividly remember the three teachers in college who read aloud. Two names are familiar to you here: Patricia MacLachlan and Jane Yolen, who taught the children's literature class at my college. They read from all sorts of books, from picture books to lengthy novels. One other teacher, Johnella Butler, taught Afro-American Studies. (that's what it was called, way back when) She read poetry and lots of short stories. I am sure she would be surprised to know that I remember every detail of "Raymond's Run," a short story by Toni Cade Bambera, which she read in rich dialect, full of emotion. I remember the names of almost none of my college professors, but I can never forget Ms. Butler.
A few days back, Brian Fahey said that whatever he loved, his students loved. That's exactly true.
Received on Tue 24 Aug 2004 02:12:04 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:12:04 -0500
I do not teach college, but I vividly remember the three teachers in college who read aloud. Two names are familiar to you here: Patricia MacLachlan and Jane Yolen, who taught the children's literature class at my college. They read from all sorts of books, from picture books to lengthy novels. One other teacher, Johnella Butler, taught Afro-American Studies. (that's what it was called, way back when) She read poetry and lots of short stories. I am sure she would be surprised to know that I remember every detail of "Raymond's Run," a short story by Toni Cade Bambera, which she read in rich dialect, full of emotion. I remember the names of almost none of my college professors, but I can never forget Ms. Butler.
A few days back, Brian Fahey said that whatever he loved, his students loved. That's exactly true.
Received on Tue 24 Aug 2004 02:12:04 PM CDT
