Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 5) put a human voice on the individuals who were so engaged. Taggot, the blacksmith’s daughter, reveals the fact that she’s never seen what she looks like, uncovering for the modern reader the fact that mirrors are fairly new on the timeline of history. Taggot has been told that she is like her grandfather, “a giant of a man,”3 and she suspects from looking in the Round Pool that she is “ugly. Big and ugly.”4 Otho, the miller’s son, says of his family’s business that he too has learned how to “cheat the hungry customer and earn my daily bread.”5 And an orphan boy named Pask speaks of hunger and cold and knows that both must be endured if he—a runaway—is to earn his freedom from a wretched lord—a process that will take a year and a day. Readers will be reminded by the text that the lives of people in the Middle Ages were dominated by the Catholic church. There are references to the saints, popes, and practices common to the Catholic religion. 3 4 5 These are voices that reveal humanity as it is in all places and in all times. There are difficult tasks to accomplish; there is competition between classes, the wealthy and the poor, the pretty and pitiful, the mentally adept and the dullard; there is human fatalism revealed by men who feel bound by a dismal and difficult path with an uncertain and unhappy future. Such fatalism is justified in a life lived apart from God in any era, and reading about such a sad condition has merit when viewed through the lens of Scripture where salvation and hope are free to all. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! tells human stories in warm and varied voices from a distant time in history, a time that twenty-first-century readers may be unfamiliar with. We know that Ms. Schlitz’s book was written for a specific group of fifth graders, and presumably served them well, but you will have to look at a little background of your own to see whether the book will serve you with the same success. Nancy Lohr is Acquisitions Editor for JourneyForth Books. Ibid., 5. Ibid., 6. Ibid., 27. Is God leading you to an administrative ministry? BJU’s master’s program in educational leadership offers you courses in Designed for Christian school administrators, church or school business managers, principals, assistant principals, and supervisors BJu Academic excellence with a biblical worldview BJU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, or national or ethnic origin. ©2008 Bob Jones University SE T2T0308 Teacher to Teacher | August 2008 page 5 http://www.bju.edu
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page Intro) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 1) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 2) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 3) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 4) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 5) Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 6)
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.