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29/100 Go Carolina (story review) (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
Go Carolina (from Me Talk Pretty One Day)
by David Sedaris (humorist)
Story Review
Summary: Sedaris is forced to go to his elementary school speech therapist for his lisp.
The collection, Me Talk Pretty One Day, are personal reflections from his life experiences. I am going to review the stories one by one as I read them. I put this book on my Kindle and am reading them one at a time.
This story is of the author's experiences with a grammar school speech therapist and pull out sessions to deal with his lisp and overcome that. The title relates to her interest in sports and her asking him which sports team he favors. The therapist is an avid sports fan and he makes up an answer to the question since it is of no interest to him. This story provides insight into the whole "pull out" thing for kids. What is it like to be one of those kids singled out for special instruction. He also talks about how he adjusted his speech to avoid his impediment. He would turn the "s" into a "th" so he would studiously avoid words with the letter "s". Pretty smart kid. He never did overcome his speech problem but the therapist moved on to another job feeling a profound sense of failure at his school. We end with her last session with Sedaris.
The writing in this story is crystal clear, with humor and it does illuminate aspects of the public school system. I found it funny and touching at the same time. This is my first read of anything by David Sedaris and I really enjoyed it. I like the short length of each story and find that just right.
Website: (wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Talk_Pretty_One_Day#Contents
David Sedaris (wiki):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris
Overall rating:
Excellent!
Recommend:
Yes!
Warnings:
None.
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post 29/100 in the 100 things challenge
by yueshi
by David Sedaris (humorist)
Story Review
Summary: Sedaris is forced to go to his elementary school speech therapist for his lisp.
The collection, Me Talk Pretty One Day, are personal reflections from his life experiences. I am going to review the stories one by one as I read them. I put this book on my Kindle and am reading them one at a time.
This story is of the author's experiences with a grammar school speech therapist and pull out sessions to deal with his lisp and overcome that. The title relates to her interest in sports and her asking him which sports team he favors. The therapist is an avid sports fan and he makes up an answer to the question since it is of no interest to him. This story provides insight into the whole "pull out" thing for kids. What is it like to be one of those kids singled out for special instruction. He also talks about how he adjusted his speech to avoid his impediment. He would turn the "s" into a "th" so he would studiously avoid words with the letter "s". Pretty smart kid. He never did overcome his speech problem but the therapist moved on to another job feeling a profound sense of failure at his school. We end with her last session with Sedaris.
The writing in this story is crystal clear, with humor and it does illuminate aspects of the public school system. I found it funny and touching at the same time. This is my first read of anything by David Sedaris and I really enjoyed it. I like the short length of each story and find that just right.
Website: (wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Talk_Pretty_One_Day#Contents
David Sedaris (wiki):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris
Overall rating:
Excellent!
Recommend:
Yes!
Warnings:
None.
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post 29/100 in the 100 things challenge
by yueshi
