My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading and wanting to read more, and if they left my classroom thinking that reading is boring, then I haven't done my job.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of instilling a love for reading in students.
Rick Riordan reflects on his approach as an English teacher, highlighting that his fundamental goal was to inspire a passion for reading in his students. He believes that a teacher's effectiveness is measured by whether students leave the classroom eager to read more, underscoring the critical role of teachers in shaping students' attitudes towards learning.
In practice
In a speech to new teachers about fostering a love for learning.
The afterlife looks different to every soul," he said, "depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe." "And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife?" i asked. Walt gave me a sad look. "Then that's what they experience.
Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters.
It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.
After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.
Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind felt—like his missing memories were aching.
My sister, with her ratty red-highlighted hair and her linen pajamas and her combat boots—how could she possibly worry about being possessed by a goddess? What goddess would want her, except the goddess of chewing gum?
When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.
There is no way, absolutely no way, that I would want people to stop reading the 'Odyssey.' But I want them to read it with their eyes open. To notice it and then to think what it says about us.
There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves.
Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.
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