"Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."
---Theodore Isaac Rubin
I have to hope this quote is true, as my task today was to help teens with their short papers on John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and I tried to be kind when doing so. Nothing like helping out at a high school writing center to make you feel a bit uneducated when it comes to classic literature!
Though I think I read that book long ago, I couldn't for the life of me remember the themes and motifs. Fortunately the kids were very knowledgeable and incorporated into their papers lots of key information from the novel. I was able to help them with the writing style and structure, as well as with the grammar (yes, high schoolers still sometimes need help with grammar), so didn't feel useless, but it did make me realize I should take time to read some of those great novels, especially now that I won't be tested or graded on them!
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