PRABE - REFLECTION

Hmmmm, I am glad that I was able to do as much reading outside of class that I did. It's nowhere near as much as it's going to be in a week and a half when I don't have homework to do every night after working a full day and then taking care of my family for a few hours. For my graduation/Christmas/birthday present I will be getting a Kindle Fire and can think of nothing that I am going to want to do more than fill it up with all of my To-Read list on goodreads.com. Then I will have it at all times; while cooking supper, while running on the treadmill, waiting in the doctor's office or just sitting on my couch. I can't wait. I have kept all of my textbooks and am interested in going back and really reading some of them in reference to my future classroom. To be honest, my in class reading was surface at best, to just get the needed information. I am really interested to have the time and perspective to dig deeper in to some of the topics and techniques, develop them and make them my own. Those are my intentions for future reading.

Week 10_PRABE #8

I'm not sure where this week went, but I did not have one spare minute to read. Thankfully, we are driving down to Tulsa today and I plan to spend a great chunk of that time reading. But, we will not be back until late late late Sunday night/early early Monday morning, so I won't be able to write about what I read until after the deadline for this assignment. So, here's what I plan to take with me to read: Acid House by Irvine Welsh. I watched Trainspotting again last night after not watching it for at least a couple of years. It inspired me to dig out all of my old Irvine Welsh books. I love his writing style even though his stories make me feel unsettled. I chose Acid House because it's a collection of short stories, so it will be easier for me to start and stop reading over the weekend. I can't decide which of the stories I like the best, but I haven't read it for many years, so maybe reading it from this new perspective will show one to be more appealing to me than another. All of the stories are gritty and have lots of descriptions of working class England and Scotland. I find that to be one of the most interesting parts of his work; seeing the differences and similarities between my life here in the US and the one depicted in the book. Granted, the stories tend to center around violent, depraved, drugged characters, so there isn't a lot of comparison. But, there is human nature and interpersonal experiences that feel universal despite the depravity of many of the situations he depicts.

I can't give exact dates and times read, but between the 3.5 hour drive today and the same tomorrow, I will easily exceed the 90 minutes.