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David Sedaris

A comedian and an author
Born 1954 (62) in New York City but was raised in North Carolina
In high school he did plays
Went to college at Western Carolina University but dropped out to hitchhike to other countries
Throughout his life, he was a part-time teacher, an elf at Macy and a housekeeper.
He writes to make people laugh but also want them to relate to him
In a PBS interview, he said.”Use to be about racking up laughs but I think it needs sorrow to give the laugher a bit of weight.”
He keeps dairies then write about what’s in his diary. He has been doing that since the age of twenty-six
“After a while, you’d stop being forced and pretentious and become honest and unafraid of your thoughts.”
He is best known for his personal famous essays. The Santaland Diaries, Naked, Holiday on Ice and Me Talk Pretty One day

I talk Pretty One Day

Was about David learning French and his harsh teacher
Learning something new
In this essay, you can see Sedaris is adventurous
Going back to the point that with humor you need sorrow. So he mentions his mothers drinking

Questions

Does failing or not understanding one class determines your intelligence
- No it doesn’t we are human that doesn’t know anything?
Would you survive in a Sedaris french teachers class?
- No, I wouldn’t because at the end of the day she is just a person who will get what she gave
Do you think she insulted the students on purpose so that they can learn a comeback or do you think that was just her personality?
- I think that her personality because why would you insult someone like that for them to learn. There are other learning strategies. Now all the students learn is negative language
Why do you think it was important for David to include the students, nationality?
- Everyone is in the same boat now matter where they come from
What do you make of his last quote?
Do you think it is easy for someone to write about their personal life or do you think it takes great confidence?
- It does take a lot of confidence because people can judge you and laugh at you.
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