Me Talk Pretty One Day # 3

David Sedaris
Non-Fiction (Biography)
Pages 83-120

After David's attempt to become an artist ended up becoming a disaster he took up a job teach a writers workshop to college students. This was a terrible idea for David because he has no experience in teaching and very little self confidence. The first day of the class he planned for them to cut out pieces of paper and write there names on them, but he had nothing else planned. He thought that the construction of name tags would take up the entire 2 hour class period. He imagined that it would be like teaching preschoolers who are always shouting and yelling out their opinions. As the semester continued David used unconventional methods to teach his class. For example, he would have everyone smoke while writing. halfway through the semester he was able to come up with a class routine. For the first half he would have the students talk about politics, gossip, and their personal lives. The second half was dedicated to watching David's favorite soap Oprah's. The next chapter is a segment in David's life when he first moves to New York and works as a mover. This chapter isn't humorous, but instead is very informative on the burrows of New York and the type of people. As David moves peoples belongings from Manhattan to one of the various surrounding burrows he could tell the person was downgrading because no one leaves Manhattan. David works with three unique character; a murder, a communist, and a schizophrenic. These group of people had very unique opinions on the people they moved, which i found to be very intriguing.

I can't wait to read the next chapter of this book. I find that some of the stories David has to tell are hilarious and whenever i read a good chapter I instantly want to continue reading to discover what other hilarious situation David will find himself in. David's personal little idiosyncrasies is what made his story about teaching great. In order to remind himself that he had the power in the classroom he had to go to the door and shut it then open it or write a random quote on the chalk board. David's input and thoughts on the events in his life are what truely make this book funny.