For those who don’t know, I do personal tutoring for kids in primary and secondary school. As of late, this work has been exclusive for one family near me with two children. I tutored both, but the oldest is now at university, so now its just the youngest who works with me. With him, I
Posts Tagged: reading
Authorities In Our Libraries
Hello reader. Today we’re going to talk about what I’m currently studying. I would love to talk about what you’re studying, but unfortunately I am the writer and I am calling the shots around here. In Professor Zeff’s Women & Ficton course, we’ve been reading work by Virginia Woolf. Every time I begin a study
Why English lit classrooms should read more than dead white men
So, lots of people don’t like reading, for various reasons. After a while, I started trying to put myself in their shoes. It could be the degree of relevancy the texts have to students’ lives (which could be very little, depending on the amount of discussion). It could be the pace at which people go
Read to Write
As tutors we often hear students’ frustrations about not being able to have enough to write about for writing assignments. If this is a problem for you, the first thing you might want to try is reading. This might not be the best time to pick up the latest vampire series, though. Try reading something