5. Epic of Gilgamesh Tablet I
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I will teach about him who experienced all things,
Ana granted him the totality of knowledge of all.
He saw the Secret, discovered the Hidden,
he brought information of the time before the Flood.
He went on a distant journey, pushing himself to exhaustion,
but then was brought to peace.
Find the copper tablet box,
open the lock of bronze,
undo the fastening of its secret opening.
Take and read out from the lapis lazuli tablet
how Gilgamesh went through every hardship.
6. If a person cannot ‘think’ with his thoughts, that is to say that
he has thoughts but lacks the apparatus of ‘thinking’ which
enables him to use his thoughts, to think them as it
were, then the personality is incapable of learning from
experience. This failure is serious. Failure to eat, drink or
breathe properly has disastrous consequences for life itself.
Failure to use emotional experience produces a comparable
disaster in the development of the personality.
W.R.Bion, Learning From Experience
7. It's made me think how
important imagination
is for the young people
as well as physical
stuff. Without
imagination you can't
think. It can help you
things. It's
like the power to think
ahead. We've got to
give this to the young
people.’ (Katie, Youth
Worker, Norris Green)
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11. Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced or cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
22. OECD report:
Reading for pleasure is the single greatest indicator of social
mobility – more important than socio-economic class or
education. Those who read for pleasure are less socially
isolated, more understanding of others and more likely to
participate in community activity. People who can express
themselves with words are less likely to express themselves with
anti-social behaviour.
Conversely, those who do not read for pleasure are more likely
to fail at school, suffer mental health problems, and be at risk of
offending
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27. 4 Mechanisms of action :
1. Rich quality of literature
2. Skill of facilitator
3. Support of group
4. Location - community
Editor's Notes
Gooder MoorhenVrinden and lasers – En Laesierevolutzientgaternun - Dit is an ender for for man Nederlondes…
Olduvai Gorge stone chippingtool 1.8-2million yearsoldProbablyused for smashingbones, plants and wood
Sumerian Cuniform tablet, 4000-4500 years old used to record and transmit the inner life of a human
The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical King of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BCE).
We use books to build community through shared meanings – language and imagination can change your life
Some photographs of my grandsons….reading at 4 months
And at three
And at two
Four
And four. Reading for these boys is both social and individual
