tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post115831344874276580..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: More on the changing face of literacyThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-41190752887519477812007-05-06T17:50:00.000+01:002007-05-06T17:50:00.000+01:00Hi lenva, thanks for the comment - the great thing...Hi lenva, thanks for the comment - the great thing about blogging, as you say, is that it's never too late to join a conversation.<BR/><BR/>When I said "we" had let the kids down, I didn't mean teachers. I meant all of us who are involved with children: parents, society, the education system. The African proverb is that it takes a village to raise a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-43304306875708454322007-05-05T22:12:00.000+01:002007-05-05T22:12:00.000+01:00Sorry to be so late reading your blog. I only dis...Sorry to be so late reading your blog. I only discovered it after reading your comments on David Warlicks blog. Isn't it great how the conversation go round.<BR/><BR/>When you say we've let down all the kids who are coming out of school almost illiterate, I agree. But I don't think we can blame teachers (I am one), we have tried our best. The problem is that we don't have enough knowledge and skills to find the type of education that works for each individual. We teach what works for most. We MUST know learn how to personalise the learning so that every child succeeds and how we can use different combinations visual, kinesthetic, traditional or digital techniques to achieve this.<BR/>All kids of course need to learn to read, but more importantly they need to learn to read between the lines.Lenvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990881264817466576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-1158672004701679852006-09-19T14:20:00.000+01:002006-09-19T14:20:00.000+01:00Since he is not the type to post a comment on this...Since he is not the type to post a comment on this blog, I feel constrained to submit one on my long-suffering husband's behalf. He took exception to my assertion that grafitti=waste. He pointed out that that was very much an establishment view, and that, to those who generate grafitti, they may be seen as something more akin to the painting on cave walls I mentioned in the precursor to this post. It is a fair point and I leave it to the reader to decide its accuracy. All I can say is that I have seen some grafitti that look (to me) like art and some that look (to me) like vandalism, but I have to concede that any assessment of the differing motives of the creators of these grafitti based on their (subjectively perceived) aesthetics would be purely conjecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com