tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152844693789487352.post8316388115143557346..comments2023-08-15T00:02:00.504-04:00Comments on Follow Your Bliss: "A Dangerous Book"Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715784900659276067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152844693789487352.post-43170349031425072852017-03-05T18:45:28.059-05:002017-03-05T18:45:28.059-05:00Hi Tom - When I first started teaching I had a dif...Hi Tom - When I first started teaching I had a difficult time interpreting Dr. Suess into American Sign Language because of the rhyme and invented, clever words unique to his work. I've since figured it out - somewhat. I like The Sneetches but am partial to The Lorax. They both have wonderful messages.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by the blog and for commenting. Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715784900659276067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152844693789487352.post-56753951554842627192017-03-05T14:55:51.976-05:002017-03-05T14:55:51.976-05:00I was different. Maybe we're all different so...I was different. Maybe we're all different somehow. The Star Belly Sneetches was a profound delight for me. You list recommended children's books. I thought you might consider any number of great works by the unequalled Dr. Seuss for a future list.<br />I enjoy your blog, thanks for the hard work.<br /><br />Tom<br /> <br /><br />From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories<br /><br />"The Sneetches"<br /><br />The first story in the collection tells of a group of yellow creatures called Sneetches, some of whom have a green star on their bellies. At the beginning of the story, Sneetches with stars discriminate against and shun those without. An entrepreneur named Sylvester McMonkey McBean (calling himself the Fix-It-Up Chappie) appears and offers the Sneetches without stars the chance to get them with his Star-On machine, for three dollars. The treatment is instantly popular, but this upsets the original star-bellied Sneetches, as they are in danger of losing their special status. McBean then tells them about his Star-Off machine, costing ten dollars, and the Sneetches who originally had stars happily pay the money to have them removed in order to remain special. However, McBean does not share the prejudices of the Sneetches, and allows the recently starred Sneetches through this machine as well. Ultimately this escalates, with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next….<br /><br /> "...until neither the Plain nor the Star-Bellies knew<br /> whether this one was that one... or that one was this one...<br /> or which one was what one... or what one was who."<br /><br />This continues until the Sneetches are penniless and McBean departs as a rich man, amused by their folly. Despite his assertion that "you can't teach a Sneetch", the Sneetches learn from this experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.<br /><br />"The Sneetches" was intended by Seuss as a satire of discrimination between races and cultures, and was specifically inspired by his opposition to antisemitism.[4]TJ Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18302345097335357731noreply@blogger.com