I'm sitting in on one of the MA-level courses this term (on Education For All) and as a warm up in the first session we were asked to describe our primary school experiences - there's several nationalities in the group so interesting things came up. However /all/ the Brits (none under 25 years old) distinctly remembered being read to as one of their clearest memories of primary school. I wonder how many kids take that memory away these days.
I remember the act of being read to almost more than the actual books - the only book I remember clearly is The Hobbit in 3rd year juniors to the point that whenever I pick it up I start hearing it in my teacher's voice - and it never detracts! (Though more is coming back - the same teacher read us The Silver Sword. And another book with a girl called Joanna in who lived in occupied Holland... Little Riders?) I'm sure we were read Danny Champion of the World too in 2nd year because I still have a stuffed pheasant I made out of felt - don't remember the teacher reading it though!
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Date: 2008-01-24 02:11 am (UTC)I remember the act of being read to almost more than the actual books - the only book I remember clearly is The Hobbit in 3rd year juniors to the point that whenever I pick it up I start hearing it in my teacher's voice - and it never detracts! (Though more is coming back - the same teacher read us The Silver Sword. And another book with a girl called Joanna in who lived in occupied Holland... Little Riders?) I'm sure we were read Danny Champion of the World too in 2nd year because I still have a stuffed pheasant I made out of felt - don't remember the teacher reading it though!