tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post8928920198683321485..comments2023-05-21T07:33:30.569-07:00Comments on Cal Educator Blog: Thoreau's Lessons?Kevin Bibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654579856917129113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-4602167057735240962008-08-30T11:14:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:14:00.000-07:00I love your blog! Keep up the good work. Check t...I love your blog! Keep up the good work. <BR/><BR/>Check this out:<BR/><BR/>http://theinfluentialteacher.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-85348232540878311872008-08-20T12:04:00.000-07:002008-08-20T12:04:00.000-07:00Your thoughts on Thoreau are quite insightful and ...Your thoughts on Thoreau are quite insightful and rather important in education these days. The transcendentalists, and especially Thoreau, are truly important to this generation, though I think they are among the hardest material to teach. The emphasis on self-awareness, simplicity, and self-reliance are integral to the way young people live and learn today. However, the nineteenth century language can be some prohibitive to them.<BR/><BR/>I like to use Thoreau right before I teach Paulo Coehlo's "The Alchemist" and Twain's "Huck Finn." He also works well with our summer reading this year, Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild." I think the shorter the pieces are the better, and they need a lot of discussion and support to get the most out of ol' Henry David.<BR/><BR/>I, too, hope that "when I come to die, I do not discover that I have not lived."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-36764948977604851212008-08-12T10:42:00.000-07:002008-08-12T10:42:00.000-07:00I've discovered your blog in the past few months a...I've discovered your blog in the past few months and enjoy the positivity a lot! Check out your award on my new blog post ;)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251616457906473735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-61990262569672021772008-08-12T07:37:00.000-07:002008-08-12T07:37:00.000-07:00Great blogI am a teacher & just set up my own ...Great blog<BR/><BR/>I am a teacher & just set up my own blog.<BR/><BR/>Please check it out & share it with fellow teachers.<BR/><BR/>http://debisdesk.blogspot.comDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735611564326749228noreply@blogger.com