How comic books can help you learn - Gene Luen Yang

When I was in the fifth grade, I bought an issue of DC Comics Presents number 57 off of a spinner rack at my local bookstore.

Quando eu estava na quinta série, comprei uma edição de DC Comics Presents número 57 numa bancada giratória da minha livraria local.

And that comic book changed my life. I immediately fell in love with the medium of comics.

E aquele gibi mudou minha vida. Me apaixonei imediatamente pelo meio das histórias em quadrinhos.

But I never brought them to school. Instinctively, I knew that comic books didn’t belong in the classroom.

Mas nunca os levei para a escola. Instintivamente, eu sabia que gibis não pertenciam à sala de aula.

Eventually, I became a published cartoonist, writing and drawing comic books for a living.

Eventualmente, me tornei um cartunista publicado, escrevendo e desenhando histórias em quadrinhos para ganhar a vida.

I also became a high school teacher. This is where I taught: Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California.

Também me tornei professor do ensino médio. É aqui que eu ensinava: Bishop O'Dowd High School em Oakland, Califórnia.

I remember telling my students on the first day of every class that I was also a cartoonist.

Lembro de contar aos meus alunos no primeiro dia de cada aula que eu também era cartunista.

I was hoping comics would make them think that I was cool.

Esperava que os quadrinhos os fizessem pensar que eu era legal.

I was wrong. They thought I was kind of a dork.

Eu estava errado. Eles achavam que eu era meio nerd.

They would use comic books as a way of distracting me.

Eles usavam quadrinhos como forma de me distrair.