"i hate to be where she is not, when she is not. and yet i am always going, and she cannot follow."
A thought: I probably shouldn't have dove back into Livejournal-Land, with what may have seemed a misleading ferocity. Which isn't to say that I won't be posting here - more that I shouldn't (can't) be as precise, just now, about hours or days ( Read more... )
honestly: i think (and have found) that if you continue to show *your* love of reading - without a fear of looking dorky, without listening to the few kids who may be making fun of you - it'll be infectious to most of your students. the more genuinely excited you are about something, the less you back down, the more kids will trust your instincts & potentially follow them. that sounds corny enough, and the other things i might say would probably sound cornier. but i think they ring true.
i don't know if you're working with younger kids, though i do think you'd be really good at it. but my parents gave me a wonderful memoir about a deliciously kooky gradeschool teacher, a few years back - you might like to peek at it - Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year.
and thanks so much for *your* recommendations! i loved the little william gibson i read, some time ago - can i ask which you'd most recommend? sadly, irvine welsh never really caught on for me; but i've always wanted him to! i did like Ecstasy, on some levels... but that was a long time ago too. if there are any you consider absolute must-reads, feel free to tell me those too!
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