[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 5

[Kerry Thompson]

Hi Friends,

Congratulations, Bridgit. Good luck in your new endeavor!

Judith, while not wanting to demonize the unions, I agree that 
concentrating on educating children and preparing them to be productive, 
well-informed citizens needs to be the goal.

I also agree with something Donna said earlier, something that has been 
bothering me for some time in fact. That is the lessening or diluting of 
literacy in the general public. I myself have spent most of my life 
reading by listening, and the method has served me well. Still, I’d be 
the first to point out that a great deal is missed when the reader 
doesn’t have direct contact, interaction with the words on the page. But 
even among sighted children the trend seems to be to switch to 
listening. Maybe this is the SF writer in me taking over, but, 
extrapolating the trend, I can foresee a time when there will again be 
literate classes, in this case writers and actors, and unlettered 
classes, everybody else. That’s certainly not a world I want to live in.

Brad, LOL

Solidarity and Peace,
Kerry