I really enjoyed reading "Living the Narrative Life" by Pagnucci. This reading brought to mind many of the verbal beatings I've endured in the past from writing teachers in regards to writing as "I"! A great deal of the writing assignments I have worked on have dealt with what only prominent researchers and authors have decided was important, and I'm delighted to read that some people find it important to hear what I have to say! Most refreshing was his ideas of how a writer grows from looking inward while writing in the narrative format. This reading also brought to mind how we tend to learn from connections made from our own experiences as we grow in life. My classmates and I have discussed in great detail how children learn from what they know to be true, which is essentially based off of what they learned from their own life experiences. In a nut shell, it's recognized in the education world as scaffolding. It's incredibly important as future teachers for us to keep in mind how what is true for one student isn't necessarily true for another based on different culutural norms. This reading also reminded me how much I enjoyed reading about how other people share their stories about coming to age and how the world around them shaped who they are today.
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