I second that motion

Ladies,
I think it would be a great idea to read a classic together and then have a discussion following the outline he provides in the book. We'll need someone to prepare and volunteer to be the discussion leader and we'll need to decide on a book. The appendix has great resources for leading a discussion and lists of books. I don't have my book here at work with me, so i can't think of a classic on the list that we might have all read — unless it's from the Young Adult classics list : ) I love that he provided a bunch of books to get started, and I think it's great that so many of them are fiction novels. I've always loved fiction, but like Amy, haven't really done the work of "learning" from them. I just did quick read-throughs for pleasure. If anyone has any ideas of books they have read before that fit the bill, just post them on here ... I'll check my book when I get home and we'll see if there is something we could potentially do before our next meeting. Although it would be kind of fun and interesting to read a new classic that none of us have ever read to see what we each glean from it.
After reading this book I looked back on my education and thought about how I was taught. I can honestly say that only one scholarly class that i took taught me HOW to think. It was an advanced Comms class in ethics that I really enjoyed. All we did was read books, take notes on what we were reading and then come to class and have discussions and debates about the ideas that we were learning. I now know why I enjoyed that class — because it was stimulating to exersize my brain! To practice thinking rather than regurgitating info : ) I think I will write that teacher a thank-you note for having such a brain-on class!

-Marcie