Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for March 28, 2010
March 27, 2010
March 29, 2010
Transcript:
Dad: Baldo, have you finished your homework? Baldo: Dad, this stuff's hard! I can read for hours and still not understand it! Baldo: It's not fair! How come school is easy for Gracie? It's getting really annoying! Dad: Well, Baldo, not everyone is the same. Some of us are born with a natural curosity that comes to life in even the humblest of classrooms... Dad: But some of us need to work harder and put in extra effort to focus on what will benefit us over the long run. As a wise man once said... Baldo: Uh, sorry... did you say something?
Some students read a text because they want to learn – they are curious or they find the material interesting.
Some students look at words on a page because “that is what the teacher they had to do.”