Reading Intensely

Today, the readers in room 302 learned that people read intensely to grow ideas that are grounded in the text. Readers figure out confusing parts in books, note important things to talk about later, and do the work the author asks of them. We made a resolution that this year, we re going to build substantial ideas that are grounded in evidence, not just little lightweight ideas that are barely connected to the book and blow away in the breeze like dandelion-fluff.