Re: That mythical "core of good ideas"

[Michelle in Nevada <5alive31@CHARTER.NET>]

B"H

Comic books, since "Mouse", are not your father's comic books . . . some
are, but some are wonderfully complex works of graphic literature.

Michelle

From: Karen Canty <kvscanty@PACBELL.NET>
Subject: Re: That mythical "core of good ideas"


Art,

So let's see if I can argue with your generalization about reading comic
books...I grew up in rural Illinois and went to a three room school
house that didn't have many books nor did we have a library; however, my
dad ran a general store and my favorite activity was to grab the new
delivery of comic books that came every three weeks and sit in the back
room and read them all - so yes, I enjoyed them and learned how to read
from them.  Whether or not the taxpayers in my home town would have paid
for comic books or not is a question I can't answer but I suspect they
would have been willing to listen; they certainly were cheaper than
other forms of reading.

And if you want to read a really good book about comic books, try the
"Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon; maybe we
should all be reading comic books...oh and I just saw a biography of
Steven King and he read all kinds of comic books - same reason, cheap...

So please don't denigrate any form of reading; if a student is reading
because he/she loves it (and I know that's REALLLLLLY hard to
determine), they might actually continue to read for the rest of their
lives...like me.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen

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[mailto:ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU] On Behalf Of Art Burke
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:20 AM
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Subject: Re: That mythical "core of good ideas"

Goals such as "appreciate the power and beauty of the written word" are
the educational equivalent of political goals such as"Mom and apple
pie."  They mean whatever anybody wants them to mean.  "Reading for
enjoyment" isn't much better - a child may thoroughly enjoy reading
Marvel comics and in fact prefer reading them to reading anything else,
but I don't think too many taxpayers are going to fork over their
hard-earned bucks for courses in "Reading to Enhance Enjoyment of Comics
Books."

Art

>>> CMWUNCHEEL@AOL.COM 11/01/02 05:01PM >>>
In a message dated 11/1/02 8:39:10 AM, aflanigan@COMCAST.NET writes:

<< Punishment is a poor motivator for trying to get students to have an
appreciation of and desire for learning day in and day out.   >>

Ah, but Mssr. Christie & Co. do not give a rat's derriere whether
students
appreciate or desire learning. They just wanna make 'em do it.
(Remember,
this is the Board that brings you, e.g., proposed English standards
revisions
which delete all existing references to helping students appreciate the
power
and beauty of the written word, that never mentions reading for
enjoyment
after 1st grade, etc. ad nauseum).

Roxie

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