I had a student today pick up my paperback copy of Jurassic Park. I didn't run to snatch it out of their hands because I use a magnetic bookmark and even if they had taken it out the exploration of real literature was worth the possible cost me having to reread a few pages to find my spot.
They looked at the cover and felt the once again familiar Jurassic Park logo embossed on the cover. Then they peered inside, wide eyed at how many pages there were and how the closest thing to a picture were charts.
They put the book on my lap and after giving me a once over said “Mr. John? Why do you like to read so much?”
“Um well there's a bunch of answers to that question but mostly because it's one of the only things I'm good at and let's me escape” I answered.
The child looked perplexed and then looked down at the book again.
“Escape? Why do you want to escape?” The child said sitting down next to me. I don't believe in lying to children. If people had been more truthful with me about what was to come the road would have been a lot less bumpy.
I looked at my student and I said “because sometimes where you are can get boring or make you sad but you can't really leave. And even if you could you probably wouldn't want to so I guess it's more like a break”
The student looked down at the book again and winced at the silhouetted dinosaur on the front cover and look back up at me. “Well you must be really sad or bored to want to take a break where dinosaurs could eat you”
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