I’m a teacher, so reading is a big part of my job, anyway. When I read for pleasure, I prefer autobiographies and history books. As a high-school history teacher, I get to use a lot of the interesting things I read when I’m teaching, and it provides me with a hook.
It’s easy to catch their attention if I can start a lesson with something scandalous, hilarious, or just plain weird about our subject for the day, and a lot of those stories were learned from the things I read.
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I’m a teacher, so reading is a big part of my job, anyway. When I read for pleasure, I prefer autobiographies and history books. As a high-school history teacher, I get to use a lot of the interesting things I read when I’m teaching, and it provides me with a hook.
It’s easy to catch their attention if I can start a lesson with something scandalous, hilarious, or just plain weird about our subject for the day, and a lot of those stories were learned from the things I read.