Haiku Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The Federalist Paper #39 on Republicanism to my dd17. She had to read it for government class, and as an English language learner, it was ridiculously too opaque for her. I read it paragraph-by-paragraph and explained it as we went. She pronounced it "stupid" and "boring." I actually found it interesting. I do think it's a bit much to toss it out to highschoolers and say, "Here, read this, quiz tomorrow." Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The Federalist Paper #39 on Republicanism to my dd17. She had to read it for government class, and as an English language learner, it was ridiculously too opaque for her. I read it paragraph-by-paragraph and explained it as we went. She pronounced it "stupid" and "boring." I actually found it interesting. I do think it's a bit much to toss it out to highschoolers and say, "Here, read this, quiz tomorrow." Tara Several of the Federalist Papers were my "sink-or-swim" introduction to AP US History. Our teacher expected us to read and summarize one in one evening for homework (several different times). That was the first time I ever remember really being challenged (like up till 1 AM working on schoolwork straight through challenged) by anything in school other than math. It was a struggle at first, but I finally figured out how to swim. My memories of struggling with figuring out how to summarize those papers were a big part of why the classical approach and specifically SWB's approach to writing resonated with me. I can't imagine doing it as a non-native English speaker, though! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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