http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/myth-of-sisyphus-the-web-as-a-new-lever-within-a-true-story Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/myth-of-sisyphus-the-web-as-a-new-lever-within-a-true-story#comment-437 Vassiliki Papapostolou Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/myth-of-sisyphus-the-web-as-a-new-lever-within-a-true-story#comment-437 I love this story, Vassiliki! It reminds me of my own son who had been very slow to start reading. Slow, that is, until he saw Star Wars Episode I and immediately wanted a book so he cold read more of the story. It was painful as a father to watch him struggle with the words, but he was so motivated by the desire to "connect" with this story that he suffered through it. And then re read another and another. The desire for connectedness, on any level, is perhaps the greatest motivator for learning. I love this story, Vassiliki! It reminds me of my own son who had been very slow to start reading. Slow, that is, until he saw Star Wars Episode I and immediately wanted a book so he cold read more of the story. It was painful as a father to watch him struggle with the words, but he was so motivated by the desire to “connect” with this story that he suffered through it. And then re read another and another. The desire for connectedness, on any level, is perhaps the greatest motivator for learning.

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