I just read the Hungry Minds article by Ian Frazier. I did not really understand why the article was so 'special' or 'important.' I thought it was a cute story, but I personally didn't see where the author was going with this. It was nice to see how the author tried to get people interested in writing. I thought he could have written more about that, than the actual history of the church. There were many times where I questioned: What does this have to do with anything? Where is this going?
I honestly have no idea what the author was trying to tell me. Was he telling me about the soup kitchen? Did he want to talk about his writing workshop? Was he trying to use the analogy of the hungry people for the soup kitchen vs. the hungry minds for writing? If he meant the last one, I didn't get that. The author made one reference to it, but never really elaborated on it again.
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I thought the same thing in the beginning as well. However, I took a pretty large meaning away from it. I may be wrong, but this is what I got: I think the author was showing us that everyone has a voice. These people probably didn't have any other opportunity to write and let their voices be heard. I do agree that the majority of the article didn't pertain or elaborate on this, but I think about all her stories of those men and women who came in and their writings touched her. On the streets they may feel as if they have nothing, with a pen in hand and paper to write, their opportunity is endless. I think, if I am right, we should apply this to our classroom. Everyone has a voice and it should be heard, sometimes we may just need to give them a nudge to get it out.
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