Posted on 11/19/2012 3:00:43 PM PST by Pleistarchos
It was socialist John Dewey and his despicable inner circle who introduced the whole word method, which made it difficult for 40% of the population to learn to read. They openly admitted they were preventing children from learning to read until third grade or later, not first grade.
Of course, their real goal was a dumbed-down population.
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Hey! I thought this was a vanity about all the semi-literate FR posts!
The linked American Thinker article in the full post quotes a Stanley Hall who in 1911 said this:
“In 1911, G. Stanley Hall, one of John Dewey’s mentors, went so far as to extol illiteracy: “It is possible, despite the stigma our bepedagogued age puts upon this disability, for those who are under it not only to lead a useful, happy, virtuous life, but to be really well-educated in many other ways.”
Looks like Dewey had a teacher of sorts.
That must be a new development as it was never the case previously.
I note that blogspot (nor any free blog service) is listed on the excerpt / copyright page:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts
I always thought Jim was quite clear on the subject of bloggers excerpting their own material:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552
"I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR, not as an excerpt to drive hits
and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join
in on the discussion and conservative activism HERE on FR."
Perhaps I was mistaken.
is there a YouTube of kids with the phonic-learned VS non-phonic-learned at whatever best grade level to demonstrate the findings ??
And therein lies the problem! There aren't any left, from law to journalism to education to politics to everything and anything!!!
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