'The difficulty is the point': teaching spoon-fed students how to really readhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/24/the-difficulty-is-the-point-teaching-spoon-fed-students-how-to-really-read?CMP=share_btn_tw …
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"This is what I want for my students. First, I want them to read a book, all the way through. I want them to find something difficult and do it anyway." 3/5
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"Then, I want them to notice what a powerful tool literature is, to understand that without it we can’t know ourselves or the society we live in. I want them to discover that if they learn to handle language they’ll no longer be helpless, drowning in sugary gratification." 4/5
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"Finally, I want them to see that reading breeds thinking, and thinking breeds resistance, and surely, especially right now, that is a good thing." 5/5
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