And, one more before I get started on these 700 pages of line edits (arg): check out Matt Cheney's reflections on teaching Neil Gaiman's American Gods to his highschool AP English class.
I just think it's damn cool he got away assigning a real book - with swearing and vagina dentate and non-white people and non-Christian mythology and everything.
I would have killed to get assigned books like this in highschool.
Friday, November 19, 2004
Teaching Gaiman
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2 comments so far. What are your thoughts?
Wow I love American Gods! I'm studying English Lit now, it would really provide some relief from John Donne and Chaucer. The best and probably most controversial thing we've studied is Caryl Churchill's Top Girls; oh to be Matt Cheney's student!
Posted by thisgirl
Yea, Matt's a lucky guy - as are his students. He teaches at a pretty liberal private school, so he tends to get away with a lot more than the average high school teacher... and frankly, he sounds like he's also just a damn good teacher, which makes a huge difference.
Posted by Kameron Hurley
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