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Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. - John Dewey
The excitement and investment of three seventh graders trying to find just the right book to read together as friends. The earnestness of their pondering and deliberations as they crafted a reading schedule so they would have enough read to have a good discusison on Tuesday, but not so much that it would be hard for them to enjoy the read. Passing the remaining minutes of class with chairs circled together, paperbacks clutched intently, and concentration on their faces. - Me
"Is there someone out there who's saying that reading a book in class has to be legitimized in some way - by using it to teach the five senses? If so, they're crazy and should be locked up for crimes against literacy" (p. 129). - Mem Fox's 1993 Radical Reflections: Passionate Opinions on Teaching, Learning, and Livinng