https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc Memorable points along my word journey... en-us 2024-06-24 15:06:27 UTC 2024-06-25 00:08:34 UTC hello@padlet.com lc210447 https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512294 One of the first assignments still remember was having to memorize the Robert Burns poem and recite in front of class.  Memorable because of the trauma...]]> 2024-06-24 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512294 lc210447 https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512296 Looking back on it, this was the first time I was given real book choice (1982!).  I definitely bit more than I could chew choosing this from the school library.  Again, an oral book report that I dreaded so much that I hid the book in my dresser and was very successful at shoving it from my mind until the night before–convincing myself that I was a fantastic speed reader.]]> 2024-06-24 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512296 lc210447 https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512297 I read this in a weekend in 1986 (in think) with OMD's Junk Culture on repeat in my walkman.  Scared me silly and then I couldn't get enough of Stephen King.]]> 2024-06-24 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512297 lc210447 https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512298 Jumping to college and I hadn't quite picked my major yet, but wanted to take the Shakespeare class with popular professor Caroline Brown who loved to play "what if" with famous works as a way to get students thinking about modes of literary criticism. Hooked again!]]> 2024-06-24 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lc210447/si1qtrqmw9ohc8gc/wish/3036512298