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| Kamaka2 | Re: WHERE ARE YOU ALL??????? | Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:40:22 EDT |
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And I too agree, wholeheartedly. My son went thru school during the
'Look-say" period of teaching reading. Don't recall him ever learning parsing,
either. Luckily, I had already taught him phonics, so he could sound out words,
which also helped on spelling. He's an avid reader today, and did the same
with my granddaughter, who was reading the newspaper at age 4, carefully
sounding out the words! (She turns 18 next month!)
That was the period of "new" math, as well. Was taking college courses, and
of course needed the math. DUH! Went to tutoring classes, was fine with
the theory part, but have NO CLUE even today, how and what in blazes you do
with it! Despite what they say, rote learning stays with you, theorums tend to
fade. Can still dig out Geometry theorums when needed, which is rare, but I
learned how to apply those! The college was giving freshmen remedial classes
in reading, even at that time! (1960s) My Prof gave me a C, although I
flunked dismally, because, he said, "you tried". Lived over a filling station at
the time, and one of the guys who worked there was a math major. Would take
homework down and he'd try to explain what to do.....no luck! Talk about a
total mental block! Give me the multiplication tables any time.
Fran
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