on a much lighter note,
it’s very awkward to read go ask alice to my 10th grade class, especially since i’ve never read it before and have no idea what gems might be awaiting me on the next page.* one second she’s whining about school, the next second she’s doing heroin, the next second she’s losing her virginity, the next second i’m saying every profanity possible out loud.
i also have always running coming up this year. while i’ve never read it in its entirety, i’ve read enough to know that i get to read very graphic multiple orgasm discriptions.
oh, too inappropriate for my blog? think of how i feel saying “cocksucker” in front of my students!
hahaha. they are definitely engaged in the book, even if i would have felt so guilty reading these books as a high school student. funny days in the classroom.
*disclaimer: i’m not a bad teacher [at least not bc of this!]. instead of just doing school-wide “ssr,” we do “read in,” where the whole class is reading the same book together, having good reading modeled to them. they are high-interest books, and we’re not supposed to go crazy teaching them. the point is to show that reading can be entertaining, not that you have to write an essay and do a lit circle for each book.
