Re: Kids -another POV-

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
Date: November 16, 2008 8:39:45 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] -another POV-


for your consideration...

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	My sister, collage librarian and grandmother to two grandchildren w/  
Downs, reads
over my sholder and writes:

"Who is this Tom guy and why are you reading him? I didn't see any  
concrete data to support any of
+his breezy over-generalized claims.

You want to talk personal stories? Let's see - when I went to  
Kindergarten we played house,
+blocks, sang songs and ate cookies.
Both of my grandchildren were taught the alphabet and started reading  
primers in K- stuff I was
+never introduced to until first grade.  I distinctly remember taking  
home-ec, choir, & art in
+junior high. No seventh grader now gets three electives- in fact,  
home-ec doesn't even exist in
+schools.
When I took the gre ten yrs ago- new sections were ADDED including an  
essay-
The students who got in grad school prior to the tougher test were  
breathing audible sighs of
+relief.

Today's kids are smart & much more socially conscious than their  
parents. Have you read Storming
+the Court? The story of the kids who challenged the detainees on  
guantonamo  bay- took it all the
+way to the supreme court on their own time & expense?
I guess my response to Tom is- show me the data to support your claims  
and if you don't like
+something -instead of shooting off negative, non-productive emails &  
blog posts I would ask what
+have YOU done today to help make the future better for kids & all of  
us?"


--bill






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