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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: From Thom Hartmann
-----Original Message----- From: Skotansky@aol.com To: arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [arn-l] From Thom Hartmann ...Children who are raised in homes where literacy is a given do not practice for tests, nor are they tested at home. They just know a lot from experience, conversations, excursions etc.... __________________________________________________________________ "Experience, "conversations," "excursions," and so on become kinds of tests for privileged children, because they give them information about what the norms are. Children who do not have these advantages need better teaching. I was in an inner-city high school and a ninth-grader asked what a footnote was. It's nice to have educated parents who have books around the house that have footnotes in them and tell their children how to navigate footnoes, but it's also nice to have teachers tell you what a footnote is and give you books to read that have them. Art Art Art ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
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