Posted on 01/08/2015 7:56:31 AM PST by grundle
Readin’ is a white thang, yo.
I had my dictionary right next to me and learned as I went.
No time spent with a book is ever wasted in any way.
Actually I spent SO much time in the dictionary because on the way to finding a word, I'd see some other word that ‘WOW... I always wanted to know what that word meant...”
It really slowed me down.
So I made a game out of it and I'd hold my breath until I found the word I was looking for... that way I'd go back to my reading without being distracted too much.... Then I'd go to the pages with those other words I wanted to know about, too!
Yup...I lived with my face in a book for YEARS, growing up. NO computer in those days!
Too true, unfortunately. If I can get away with it, I steer clear of textbooks and assign open source reading from e-books, journal articles, and so on, just to get away from the standard textbook.
Sesame Street ruined reading in this country!
Most have the attention span of a Cocker Spaniel.
Like the guy on one episode of Hardcore Pawn who couldn’t figure out what 10% of 200 was - that’s why they make calculators and, in this case, audio books ...
I recently interviewed somebody and had a similar experience. We asked what set him apart from the other candidates, why we should choose him over the others. His answer was, “well, I think I’m a pretty likeable guy.”
And they expect you to entertain them and accommodate them.
Ohh, and watch what happens to your end of the semester students’ review if you actually base their grade on their homework. Or expect them to actual DO homework as part of the course.
“More hands on assignments and less boring stuff like reading.”
When I was in the 2nd grade I was asked to read a story from a 6th grade reader on a local children’s radio show.
“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
“Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.”
“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.”
Joseph Stalin
The Warner Brothers cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s contained the same references.
My family is supporting a young man, senior, who will go to college this fall on football scholarship. I happened to read a couple of his term papers/ reports. Wow. They were similar to what I would have produced in 3rd or 4th grade.
Well...anything in the positive direction is a good start. :0)
Breitbart snapped a picture of their home page, and posted it all over the internet. In the next day or two, Alinsky was removed from their list.
My parents home schooled me from second until ninth grade and I had free access to my Dad's library.
Because strictly speaking, it's not. The goal of public school educators enunciated by John Dewey more than a century ago was "to make good citizens" out of students.
That leads to the question: what is a good citizen? Is a good citizen one who excels in school subjects like english, math, geography, science or one who will do what his progressive "betters" expect him to do?
More progressives like Dewey began to infiltrate the school system and indoctrinate the students. Education in the right subjects was only part of it. The big progressives wanted obedient little progressives who would follow what the big progressives wanted. They have largely achieved their goal.
It is the normal response for roaches to scatter in the kitchen when the lights are suddenly turned on at night. :0)
I started reading history and astronomy books about the time I was in 2nd or 3rd Grade. I devoured them. When I was in Junior High, my dad subscribed to Scientific American just to give me something to read. In 8th grade, I read Shirer’s “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” and when I was finished with it I read “Collapse of the Third Republic.” Just for fun.
Somehow, my older brother did not turn in his 9th grade World History textbook. By the time I got to 9th Grade, I’d read it cover to cover at least three times. Of course, being highly immature, I was the class clown. Poor Mr. Kosaveach didn’t know what to do with me because I knew the textbook better than he did.
When I was in high school, my parents allowed me a subscription to a Political Book of the Month Club. By the time I graduated high school, I’d read most of the essential works of socialism/communism, histories of Soviet Foreign Policy, histories of the American Revolution and political philosophy, Locke, Hobbes, and similar works. All in addition to an extensive history library.
Getting degrees in Political Science, History and German in 4 years was a breeze. Most fun four years of my life. And I still devour history books.
Perfect comparison.
Have you read “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak?
Good book — set in Germany.
Isn’t Marxism wonderful?
Pray America is waking
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