On Wednesday night there was a baseball game. It wasn’t just any ball game though. It was the greatest baseball game ever and even if you are not a baseball or sports fan you have to respect the fact that the drama that unfolded in Cleveland was spectacular. It will be a story written for the ages and it unfolded right in front of us.
There are stories all around us. We make meaning in our lives out of the everyday events that happen to us because that is what it means to be human. A baseball game can be a great drama because of the factors involved: Cubs haven’t won in 108 years, oldest player to hit a home run in game 7, curse of the billy goat…and so many more little stories within the larger story of the Cubs winning the World Series.
In Humanities, we are constantly reading, watching, listening to stories in the hopes that we better understand ourselves and what brings the human race together. I want all students to think about how the stories we study connect and overlap and hopefully each person finds something that inspires and enlightens.
On Friday we are looking at Syria and the terrible story filled with violence and war and yet, can there be hope in the midst of despair?
Students also are finishing their independent novel study where they had their own novel to read and comment on. We have been reading for the past two weeks and on Monday will be handing in their reading journal. This is a good gauge on how each person reads on their own and make a judgement on their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to reading.