Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Rhetoric as a Resource

Have you ever been told a joke that was so good you had to share it?   Of course some jokes are hard to retell and some are easy to retell, but some can be retold and some can be retold hilariously.

If a person only told jokes that were retold, that would be gross.   It would be a problem.   However, is it worthwhile for a teacher to know a surefire way of explaining something?
Is it good for a teacher to know an entertaining way of explaining something?

[Catskills comedy]

[My teaching preparation vs typical teaching preparation]

Why should everyone have to figure it out for him or herself?
Why can't a teacher slip a cover song into a set now and then?

There will always be a unique element.   There will always be the individual style and the individual personality.   There will always be the individual delivery.

But why not share our best explanations?   Why not share our best rhetoric?   Why not share the sales pitch for reading and writing?

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