Storytelling allows me to use a wide variety of experiences and examples to relate to my students from experiences that I have had. Even if many of them have not had these same experiences, most can relate to them. I am able to talk about more complex concepts in real-world ways, having had far more years to experience things than almost all of my students. Humorous stories are particularly fun to tell and are intriguing to them, mostly because I think they want to know more about us as teachers and who we really are.
