Posted on 02/23/2022 5:27:42 AM PST by Red Badger
“Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Lessons”. It worked for both of my boys, who learned to read at age three.
How about owning up to it, woman, and take responsibility for yourself?
Children’s brains are blank slates that can be taught many things.
Adult’s brains are basically set in stone after a certain time...................
“Educated and intelligent are not the same thing.”
And?
Intelligent and ignorant can coexist in the same person.
I would not call her a typical product of the school system. She has learning disability. She went to special school.
Unfortunately, there are many people around, who do not have disability and cannot read either!
Nah, no worries.
Teachers Union head Albert Shanker would only drop his nuclear weapon on the people who disagree with him! Or send the ones who oppose his dictatorship to their “education camps” behind barbed wire.
Keep voting democrat, Son.
Imagine if the schools actually focused on teaching all kids to read instead of trying to keep their voters ignorant. There are proven ways to teach kids to read. The schools just don’t implement them. But until black parents demand better for their kids and expect better from their kids, it won’t change. Every Republican candidate should mention school choice in every campaign. School choice helped DeSantis win.
This has been happening where I live for 25-30 years. Pass ‘em on through and let the next teacher deal with the situation.
Why put effort into anything if everything is just given to you?
Passed a library yesterday that had a large banner out - about learning how to read.
Most libraries I’ve worked with have such programs staffed by volunteers. Worked next to a skills center that specialized in helping adults learn to read or improve their reading skills.
All Free. All available.
Needs to help herself instead of whining about it.
You feel there is no hope for adults to learn to read? The evidence does not support that. Adults can learn to read if they are motivated.
This woman has had 23 years to sign up for adult education. She did not.
Some years ago I volunteered to help out in an adult GED class. I was to help with simple math. First problem, almost all the students, who ranged from 25 to 45 could not read. Impossible to present math problems. For example, I had one man about my age, 45, who drove a route truck. I presented the problem orally as one going to the store to buy two pounds of hamburger at $3 an lb, giving the clerk a $20 bill and expecting how much in return? The guy was not being a smart ass and said I don’t know, my wife does all the shopping. I asked how he did his route not knowing what the signs said. He said they showed me my route. Others were worse. This was a class of 20 or so who wanted to learn. I cannot imagine how many were out there who did not and did not care to learn. After a few weeks I gave up as I do not possess the talent to teach adults to read. Sad. Worse, it is probably a bigger problem today.
Some years ago I volunteered to help out in an adult GED class. I was to help with simple math. First problem, almost all the students, who ranged from 25 to 45 could not read. Impossible to present math problems. For example, I had one man about my age, 45, who drove a route truck. I presented the problem orally as one going to the store to buy two pounds of hamburger at $3 an lb, giving the clerk a $20 bill and expecting how much in return? The guy was not being a smart ass and said I don’t know, my wife does all the shopping. I asked how he did his route not knowing what the signs said. He said they showed me my route. Others were worse. This was a class of 20 or so who wanted to learn. I cannot imagine how many were out there who did not and did not care to learn. After a few weeks I gave up as I do not possess the talent to teach adults to read. Sad. Worse, it is probably a bigger problem today.
I remember reading of the same problem back in the 1970s in which certain football players graduated college and still could not read a word.
At what point do you just suck it up and learn to read? These people depend on the govt to raise them from cradle to grave.
Well, if she’s black and can play basketball, she’ll be ok. Those morons can’t read either.
Her husband would help her more by encouraging her to tap into myriad resources available to help her to read.
Legislators! Pass laws that allow schools to deal with students with unmanageable conduct. Sorry, some people cannot be helped and they disrupt the classroom for those who want to learn. If you can't throw the disruptors out, put them all in a big room called Special First Grade and leave them there until they are old enough to expel. Don't promote them to second grade.
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