Saturday, August 25, 2007

Quote of the Day:

"Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs." -Florence King
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

It would be great to be putting teachers out of work because kids were learning too much at home.
Not likely in my lifetime....

8:21 AM, August 25, 2007
Anonymous said...

Presumably, this explains why Bell-What College keeps bragging about how much their freshmen don't know. Makes me wonder about their admissions policies (or denials policies, as applicable).

8:26 AM, August 25, 2007
7.62x54r said...

As for my family, we're putting teachers out of work one student at a time. If a kid knows how to read before they get to school, why bother to send them? Just keep teaching them at home.

8:51 AM, August 25, 2007
Carteach said...

absolufrigginlutely.

I love getting a home schooled student in class. I can actually spend time with them... teaching what I like teaching!

9:01 AM, August 25, 2007
Cybrludite said...

Y'know, I've already done one of those, and seem well on my way to doing the other.

9:21 AM, August 25, 2007
Anonymous said...

I was guilty of this nearly 50 years ago. They hated it even then. Back then they also hated anyone knowing manuscript while they were still into printing. I know several people who to this day have poor handwriting because they were once punished for having good handwriting.

1:28 PM, August 25, 2007
Anonymous said...

This would explain why my teachers were so ticked when I would finish the class readers in the first week of the semester.

1:35 PM, August 25, 2007
Doug said...

My son got in the "bad habit" of reading when his third grade class was constantly thrown into upheaval by another student with a "learning disability" that caused him to throw chairs. My son would crawl to a safe place, pull out a book and create his own order. His teacher had a mental breakdown at the end of the school year.

2:33 PM, August 25, 2007

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