Do you ever read the words/writings/poems/stories
that someone wrote and think quietly to yourself that you don’t have a clue
what they are talking about?
Typically if that happens to me, I try reading it
again... slower... and not skipping words that I sometimes fail to
read when I’m in a hurry. Occasionally the second time, I get it and then... I
typically find myself reading it again... just to make sure I didn’t miss
anything else.
But then there are those times that I still don’t get it! That’s when I begin to question myself as a reader and writer. Which basically
gets me nowhere... until I eventually realize (again) that we are all made
uniquely different and the way that we express ourselves is a part of our unique personality... which ultimately allows us to express ourselves in ways that may or may not be able to relate with everyone.
For some reason, this is a cycle that keeps repeating itself for me. So again today, I realize I don’t have to understand all the writings I find myself reading. They are obviously in
a different place in their life (and for now) and I’m okay with that.
It is so interesting that you bring this up just as I am questioning how my classroom reading instruction is going. I am teaching my students to read and answer questions CORRECTLY when in my heart I believe that we, as readers may understand things quite differently.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading poetry especially and having no clue what the point of the poem was. I think everyone's writing is so affected by their own past experiences that sometimes it's helpful to know that before reading.
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