Of course, a couple generations of tax-paying but otherwise stoopid sheeple does make governance somewhat easier for the ruling elite...
HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids
by Terry 75 Replies latest jw friends
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ablebodiedman
I sent my daughter to public school through french immersion.
She is now officially, (and in practice) bilingual.
I did however, spend much time in home schooling as well.
Read to her every night, starting before she could even walk, or talk.
By the time she reached kindergarten she could read.
I like to think that the time I spent reading to her made a big difference.
She graduated High School with the highest marks in her school.
It won her a Queen Elisabeth II scholarship.
In two weeks time she finishes her 4th year of University.
abe
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GrreatTeacher
As a side note, Gettysburg has a small congregation of JWs. I grew up one congregation away; we were in the same circuit.
It's still a small town, but with a giant Civil War historical park. I hope you've been able to take your daughter there on a field trip. Just don't go on the 4th of July. It's the anniversary of the battle and it's always too crowded to move.
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GrreatTeacher
Abe, reading to her every night DOES make a big difference!
It allows access to texts that children can't read on their own. It improves vocabulary. And if you stop to say, "What do you think will happen next?" it builds comprehension strategies.
Good job!
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ablebodiedman
It allows access to texts that children can't read on their own. It improves vocabulary. And if you stop to say, "What do you think will happen next?" it builds comprehension strategies.
I especially remember one night when she was around three years old and I stopped in mid sentence with my finger under the next word.
She said the word and finished the sentence.
Who knows when she actually had been reading it herself?
I wasn't certain so I started reading the next sentence following along with my finger and intentionally said the wrong word.
She corrected me ... then laughed!
That was "THE MOMENT" when I realized she could read!
It just happened.
abe
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cliff
Which reminds me of my daughter when very young:
Bedtime reading of a much loved story. Her, thumb in mouth, security blanket clutched tightly, eyes closed.
Me, in a hurry, sure she was asleep, trying to "get out of there".
Her, devastingly, through slumbered, slurred, speech: "Dad, you turned over two pages!" then, zonc! gone!
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Terry
I could read by age 3 quite by accident.
My grandmother sat me in her lap. She held my favorite storybook in front of us both.
She used her finger to touch each word as she read it.
Why?
Her eyes were bad and she needed to keep track of where she was on the page.
I absorbed the visual impression of the way the words looked and the sound AND the meaning simultaneously.
It was pragmatic and practical. The connection transcended vowel and consonant sounds or spelling or phonetics.
I was reading ALONG at a certain point and didn't even realize it.
In elementary school I was spelling champ. I never studied the book. How was that possible?
All that reading--I'd absorbed the spelling as well.
My love for words has known no bounds. I am fascinated by the power of them and the delicate arrangement of display is
the most powerful connection between minds across generations, geneaologies and civilizations.
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snare&racket
I sincerely worry about these kids, thankfully in the UK there is a means to go back to school and try again at an older age, when you have your own autonomy and not the dictatorial silence of a JW kid.
The big issue is they ate raised poor and ignorant, so acting on one's autonomy is easier said and hoped for than done.
I bumped into a JW family in the local hospital, one I knew well but hadn't seen in some years. The daughter, home schooled for years said she wanted to be a nurse. I asked her how she thinks people become nurses? She shrugged her shoulders. She was 16. That was a year ago and she is about to get married to a JW.
These kids can't spell, can't do math, have no scientific or historical appreciation, have no social skills, don't live in the real world and are expected to survive. A large number of kids from our area began homeschooling just as I went to university. I was told recently that a large number are now on a job seekers government benefit. Though to the unaware it may seem infuriating, to us exjw's it should make us sad.....more lives wasted at the feet of Watchtower.
Shame on the parents who sell their kids future for the reward of their own appeasement of ignorant fears and emotional flaws.
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Oubliette
Scientific literacy is one of the key components of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In addition, it is a hugh component of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
However, if people want to remain in ignorance, it's pretty hard to stop them.
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Oubliette
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