pickOkay, I just panned a book for 2023 perspectives baked into 1863 characters. Interesting this was my next read because everything in the writing worked. These Mary‘s were bad ass! Mary Shelly is a gift to the literary world, and the mother she never knew - Mary Wollstonecraft was even more ahead of her time. Even with both timelines told in first person narrative, I believed the words and thoughts described this IRL mother-daughter pair.
dabbe I always had my students read an excerpt from Wollstonecraft before we read FRANKENSTEIN. The girl students LOVED her and considered her the first literary woman #badasss, which is just what I wanted before seeing a TEENAGER write what many consider the first science fiction novel! Sigh. If I could just teach and not have to deal with ANYTHING else, I'd still be in the classroom. Who wouldn't? 🤣💚🤗 13mo
marleed @dabbe oh How I wish teacher‘s who just want to teach could just teach! 13mo
dabbe @marleed Almost 2 years of retirement and I STILL have nightmares over some parents, ridiculous meetings and too much testing, and about not getting my grades in on time! 🤣 13mo
marleed @dabbe I‘m glad you were able to retire. Teaching deserves so much more respect and pay than it gets. 13mo
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