Hello Dr. Dana!
I am reading The Freedom Writers, so I cant speak for the other book. But I think that you are making us read this book because:
1) This is a reading class, after all. So it only makes sense that we do some actual reading.
2) The book is somewhat interesting, compared to some other choices you could have gave, haha. The themes and ideas presented are more relative to our young adult lives growing up in urban and somewhat-urban areas. In other words, these themes are familiar to us (struggle, inner-city life, racism, stereotyping, ethnicity, diversity, violence, etc.) either due to our personal experiences or our familiarity of them through media, books, music, and movies. Therefore, it becomes an easy and rather enjoyable read.
3) You are also making us read this to make sure that we grasp the overall idea(s) presented in the book. You want to make sure we understand what we are reading. And in order to do that, you are testing or evaluating our understanding through our projects with our groups. By giving us the freedom to do the project however way we'd like, you are entrusting and letting us show you that we understand what we have read in a way that's enjoyable to us. Therefore, it is creating a more worthwhile learning experience.
I'm Rich Pobuta - And I'm out.
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I agree. I think The Freedom Writers book shows us a great reality from a student's perspective. Often time in college we will talk about these issues; but it is usually in terms in how to handle the problems and ways preventing these problems. Seeing the issues through the eyes of students is a different way to look at it, and could help us understand how these issues develop.
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