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  • To: CA Resisters <ca-resisters@interversity.org>, ARN state <ARN-state@egroups.com>, arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com, Debby Meier <dmeier@taconic.net>, Ann Cook <anncook@nyc.rr.com>
  • Subject: IRA
  • From: Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 13:17:12 -0700
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The new president of the International Reading Association, Tim Shananan, has just come out against reading. Well, I exaggerate slightly. He says its OK for kids to read at home, but not in school, because free reading eats into Instructional Time.
The reading community is outraged, but I think this is a much, much wider issue. It is another link in the chain of corporate/fascist control. Only the publishers of the programs can tell children what to read (and how). God forbid we give kids the freedom to choose their own books. Who knows; if they did that they might choose their own president.
Susan


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