[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 5

[Kerry Thompson]

Search me. Are you sure we're a thinking society?

Kerry

On 1/5/2011 5:06 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
> But, how can a literate and thinking society justify high-powered 
> corporate executives getting more money than an entire school district 
> full of teachers?
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> On 1/5/2011 4:43 PM, Judith Bron wrote:
>> Carry, Since the unions are taking so much of our hard earned money 
>> away every week, I only ask that they do their job as people endowed 
>> with a sacred trust, our children.  If they can't perform their 
>> duties to the highest standards, let the union boss, the head of the 
>> Board of Education or the school principal fire them and try again 
>> with a person more committed to creating a literate and thinking 
>> society.  Judith
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Thompson" 
>> <kethompson1964 at gmail.com>
>> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 5
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>> Hi Friends,
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>> 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
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