I have enjoyed reading the recent posts. I do have to mention that 1) I have learned a lot through the readings and your posts, but 2) I am glad it's almost time to go so that I can actually see what I have been reading about. I also feel like a couple of you as I have been doing this, overwhelmed. I am a middle school English teacher of low-income/ ELL students/ with a few above average students thrown in. I am happy if my students show up most of the time, so teaching them anything more than the basics hasn't always happened. That being said, I guess since I haven't taken or used the opportunities to teach any of these authors in depth before, a lot of this is 'new' again from when I was in high school or taught it decades ago. I have struggled with many of the readings and hoped I was getting the gist of what I read. After I read some of your posts, I had to go back and skim a couple of articles to see what I missed. :)
I feel a little like Helama 'n' when he mention that so much of this was new to him. I look forward to conversing, traveling, and sharing insights with all of you. See you in a week hopefully with my assigned paper making sense. Pat Drussel
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It makes me feel better to hear that an English teacher struggled with some of the content. I'm not a history teacher, or even a history buff and a lot of this was a stretch for me. I'm really looking forward to seeing the places we'll visit and making the connections to the events and people we've been reading about. This time next week we'll be on the way to the airport!
ReplyDeletewe must teach the same students and I also am partially upset with myself for not giving more if any time to my students on Abigail Adams, a truly remarkable woman.
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