Strange But True: Steve Used For Teaching

This will be the third year that my story Glow will be used in the classroom of Phillip Parago at Acadia Junior High School in Winnipeg. At the end of the quarter each year, Mr Parago plays the audio of the story (wonderfully narrated by Dan Nachtrab) to his classroom and gives them an exercise of explaining what the story means to them.

Says Phil, “In terms of what we do in class — we use the audio version of Glow and listen to it many times in the classroom. I use it at the end of my short stories unit and have the students do a writing assignment. There are a number of specific questions they are asked to answer but most importantly, they are to develop a sense of meaning from the story. This is what I truly love about Glow. They are to take all of the pieces and synthesize them into a deeper understanding. The beauty of it, is that it is very different for every person. I love reading their papers.”

I love the idea of how the story is used, and it’s a great shine to the ego. Here’s to hoping that Mr Parago has a very long and very successful career — and doesn’t get burned out on Glow before then.

Here is a link to the audio file.