Wednesday, September 3, 2008

that intro class again

Today was "show and tell" in my intro class, and I brought in a ton of books, some volumes of the Talmud, Mishnah, Siddurim, Haggadot... the mamouth-size Talmud, a gift from Rob, was a smashing success... They were fascinated by the books but I do not think they are learning much. I picked the wrong teaching book, for starters and will, next time I teach this class, switch to that absolutely awful chatty book the students love, maybe they'd even read it. Secondly, I don't know how to relate to them and their experience of growing up in the south. I set up a website with links and video clips but they don't go there either. Hmm.

2 comments:

Notorious Ph.D. said...

What I want to know is: how the hell did you get all those books to class with you? Sherpa?

gritty grits said...

my trusty NYC trolley. kept it all these years in Icy City, used it once and now it comes in very handy. But it was heavy.