Since I picked up APOTAAAYM, I have been blown away by the different approaches to education that Joyce depicts in his novel. The first 100 pages have described his protagonist receiving a geography lesson from his aunt and the Catholic/Jesuit education that he receives at various boarding schools and colleges.
As I was reading I had the sudden realization that as antiquated as the Catholic-rote-memorization methods seem to my digital age perspective. There is some very valuable stuff there.
I would even speculate that some of the Achievement First methods that have puzzled me, (i.e. funny acronyms, short verses describing an algorithm) are really just a variation on something the Catholic schools put little Dubliners through centuries ago.
I think I just figured out how I can combine my interest in poetry with my gig teaching math and science.
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