Comments - High school graduates seem to know less each year. Is this by design? - School Leadership 2.02024-03-29T01:45:37Zhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1990010%3ABlogPost%3A271450&xn_auth=noI appreciate your comment. Yo…tag:schoolleadership20.com,2016-03-17:1990010:Comment:2726632016-03-17T18:48:19.700ZBruce Deitrick Pricehttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/BruceDeitrickPrice
<p>I appreciate your comment. You make my point from your own personal experience in a very dramatic way. Taking pride in ignorance-- that sounds like a society on its way to the bottom.</p>
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<p> But I bet that a lot of these kids cannot read in what we would call a fluent way. They can half-read, let's say, thanks to decades of dysfunctional pedagogy known as sight words, Whole Word, etc. So you've got these kids who can't read pretending not to care about reading. We need to make sure…</p>
<p>I appreciate your comment. You make my point from your own personal experience in a very dramatic way. Taking pride in ignorance-- that sounds like a society on its way to the bottom.</p>
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<p> But I bet that a lot of these kids cannot read in what we would call a fluent way. They can half-read, let's say, thanks to decades of dysfunctional pedagogy known as sight words, Whole Word, etc. So you've got these kids who can't read pretending not to care about reading. We need to make sure that every student can read by the second grade.</p>
<p></p> Sadly, my high school seniors…tag:schoolleadership20.com,2016-03-17:1990010:Comment:2727502016-03-17T12:02:39.195ZLorene Bossonghttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/LoreneBossong
<p>Sadly, my high school seniors seem to take pride in their ignorance. They like to "brag" about how many books they didn't read. Our culture scorns intelligent people and derides them as geeks, nerds, and social outcasts. Being smart was never popular, but today being ignorant is.</p>
<p>Sadly, my high school seniors seem to take pride in their ignorance. They like to "brag" about how many books they didn't read. Our culture scorns intelligent people and derides them as geeks, nerds, and social outcasts. Being smart was never popular, but today being ignorant is.</p>