Blog #3

Blog: School Library Journal
Title: The Textbook Problem
My Comment: I think the textbook is an interesting topic. I think the obvious difference between a story and a textbook is that a textbook is there for learning about something, while the story has a plot going on and different elements in the same book that work with one another to make the story interesting. However, I don't doubt what the textbook can do to students is powerful. In fact, I somewhat view textbooks with different elements that make up one big story that not only includes tools that will help students with their education journey, but it will also help them learn about our world. Each subject will include a certain element(s) but I feel that it is ok. For history textbook, it could be considered one big story by different plots and persepctives. For science and math it explains how something is done. A geography textbook can give the setting (and yes, history textbook can as well). They all have different elements but have the same purpose of teaching kids. Yes, textbooks may be wordy and long and your teacher may want you to read it by next class, but I think it really helps the students a lot.