Book Review: Juvenile Story Writing (1922) and Wri.Reading Through History: Jean Fritz's American His.Reading with Little Miss Muffet and Little Bo Peep.August Link-Up: Old School Kidlit Reading Challeng.I loved the writing at the beginning ("Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul.") but have never felt the need to read 700 pages about a whale. I don't remember whether the teacher changed the assignments or not, but I do know I never bothered finishing the book. I said something like, "If you want us to find the deeper meaning in this book, you need to assign less reading." And the whole class broke out into spontaneous applause. When he assigned 100 pages of Moby Dick in a single night and then asked us to discuss its "deeper meaning" the next day, I made a little speech. I became kind of obnoxious during his class, constantly correcting his spelling and asking annoying questions that I would never have been comfortable asking an experienced or more mature teacher. My eleventh grade teacher was not that much older than I was, and I was not impressed with him at all.
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