I could relate inthat I felt growing up was certainly not all that it had been built up to be.
The author is disappointed in adulthood especially around the time of hardships.
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy orthe entire Harry Potter series? How could I possibly give up my National Forensics League RuleBook, The Art of War
This shows that fictional and fantastical books hold the same value to the speaker as non-fiction informative books.
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Then there are the sullen and already defeatedIndian kids who sit in the back rows and ignore me with theatrical precision. The pages of their notebooks are empty. They carry neither pencil nor pen. Theystare out the window.
Some kids, even Indian kids, don't have any interest towards poems or literature.
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Telling one’s truth, or testimonio, is a literary genre with a long history in indigenous and Latinx communities
Testimonio as a form of storytelling rooted in cultural history where people share lived experiences to preserve knowledge and stories.
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Counter-storytelling challenges the dominant culture narratives that lack the knowledge and wisdom that minority individuals hold about themselves and their cultures, communities, homes, struggles, and needs (Castelli, 2022).
This explains how counter storytelling gives people a chance to share their own experiences instead of having their stories told for them.
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Stories don’t just convey information; they “demonstrate relationships between tellers, hearers, characters, and others” (Shuman, 1986, p. 21)
This shows that storytelling is about connection. Learning happens between people, not just from a teacher to students.
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In fact, anything we experience that does not get structured narratively does not get remembered (Kahneman, 2010).
This highlights how closely memory and storytelling are. Using stories in the classroom is not just engaging but essential for helping students retain information.
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