Dear Mike-
I found an interesting account of the first day of school in
Rogers, C., & Freiberg, H. J. (1994). Freedom to learn, (pp. 338-339). New
York: Maxwell Macmillian International.
I attached the text.
I hope it will help. I share this text with my students and I ask them to
reply on class webs how much their own first days in school were similar or
different to this boy's day. Often about 1/4 of my students could relate to
the boy's story one way or another. Taking into consideration that my
students were institutionally very successful, I think it is a very high
number unfortunately.
Take care,
Eugene
PS I was the last week without Internet so I apologize to people that I
couldn't reply. I try to read all past messages today and tomorrow and reply
to them.
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From: Gordon Wells [mailto:gwells@cats.ucsc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:54 AM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: remember the first day of school?
I would really appreciate accounts, not necessarily your own, of your
earliest encounters of going to school, or an account you have read about.
It turns out to be devilishly difficult to find a good account that has the
ring of authenticity.
Any ideas?
mike
Laurie Lee gives a wonderful account in Cider with Rosie.
Gordon
--Gordon Wells Dept of Education, http://education.ucsc.edu/faculty/gwells UC Santa Cruz.
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