What I'm Reading

Perhaps you've noticed in the What I'm Reading column that Webster's New World Dictionary is listed. That's right, I'm reading the dictionary. One of my goals for 2010 is to read the dictionary, cover to cover.

So far, I'm a little behind, but I am determined to finish the dictionary before the clock strikes 2011.

I know it's a weird goal. It's different and peculiar and unexpected, but it's something that I really, really want to do. One day this terrible thought entered my mind, and I began to believe that there was no way for me to be a respectable English teacher if I had not, in fact, read through the dictionary.

Now, I don't believe that in order to be a good English teacher you have to have read a dictionary; I just believe that in order for me to be a good English teacher I have to have read a dictionary. In fact, I doubt that many brilliant teachers of English have completed this daunting task. However, it's still something that I need to do. So, I chose this year to do it.

Wish me luck. :)