LIFE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH STORIES

In 8th grade I was selected to attend a one-hour-a-week class for Language Arts Enrichment. Mr. Pyles was a "cool" teacher who seemed to enjoy that hour as much as we did. Our lessons were rather unconventional for the day. We didn't read books to discuss literary devices. Sometimes we didn't read books at all, opting instead to watch a movie. You see, Mr. Pyles wasn't teaching us to analyze the structure and form of literature. We were studying the messages woven through good writing in all ...