DT

What kind of reader does school create?
Non-independent reader
→ Class discussions before writing about or analyzing books, don’t get your own ideas down first
→ No individual choice of books
Western books only read
→ Most books are from western authors
→ Those that aren’t (ex. Things Fall Apart) are obscure/ concentrated in 9th grade
Non-writers
→ Read books in different styles, write in 1 style
→ Students are forced to find all elements of a book (theme, metaphors, foreshadowing, etc.) and think they cannot write well b/c they don’t consciously include all of this in their own writing
→ Read fiction in English, write non fiction in other classes + think of the other classes as a different form of writing (don’t apply what they learned to other places)
Fun fact- while writing this I kept messing up and putting the word “writer” in for “reader”, maybe that has something to do with something?