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Post by Cindy on Nov 22, 2023 11:27:34 GMT -5
English Teachers' Plans to Destroy the Minds, Hearts and Souls of Children (Excerpts) By Linda Harvey
The NCTE, the National Council of Teachers of English, a professional group for pre-K through graduate school teachers of English.
Their goal is for students to become activists, not readers or writers.
The name of the convention was “Conexiones 2023,” which is the Spanish word for “connections.” I love Spanish, but we get what this is. The National Council of Teachers of English apparently salivates to openly display contempt for American culture, and the rampant white supremacy that so universally plagues our country. Or so we are all supposed to believe. If only this group could deeply appreciate the immense blessing given by God that English-speaking America, despite our flaws, has been to lift marginalized people out of ignorance and poverty.
Even though the convention did feature star power (an appearance by actor Tom Hanks, having just published his first book), the rest of the meeting was a mostly downhill slide into cultural Marxist/racist/LGBTQ claptrap. Very little about reading and literacy divorced from leftist politics.
With major sponsors like Scholastic, Penguin/Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and GALE, this group is all about defense of so-called “banned” books. Yet before we attribute horrible motives for what you will read below, there may be a simpler answer: follow the money. Publishers seem to own this group and the more outrageous the material, the more it sells.
Read the entire article here: www.missionamerica.com/article/english-teachers-plans-to-destroy-the-minds-hearts-and-souls-of-children/
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 22, 2023 12:05:40 GMT -5
WOW I just remember the day going to library pick up Weekly Reader books back in da day LOL! What happen to reading company that book company turn me to reading that the Weekly reader was Da Bomb back in da day
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Post by oliverwithatwist on Nov 22, 2023 22:10:35 GMT -5
WOW I just remember the day going to library pick up Weekly Reader books back in da day LOL! What happen to reading company that book company turn me to reading that the Weekly reader was Da Bomb back in da day I read Weekly Reader WAY BACK in the day. LOL.
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Post by Cindy on Nov 23, 2023 10:23:46 GMT -5
So did I, and I read it in several different states and in Germany! I think all the kids did in our day. Did you guys start out reading with the Dick and Jane books? I remember those too!
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 23, 2023 11:05:45 GMT -5
See see I told you I remember reading Little House on the prairie books LOL!
Yeah Weekly Reader was IT book to read when we were kids
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Post by oliverwithatwist on Nov 23, 2023 19:24:52 GMT -5
Yes, I learned reading Dick and Jane. Started 1st grade in September 1959.
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 24, 2023 11:58:44 GMT -5
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Post by Cindy on Nov 26, 2023 8:46:39 GMT -5
Yes, I learned reading Dick and Jane. Started 1st grade in September 1959. You started before me but I wasn't far behind you. I started first grade in 1962.
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 26, 2023 12:48:58 GMT -5
I start the first grade in 1975 LOL!
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Post by Cindy on Nov 27, 2023 11:59:18 GMT -5
I start the first grade in 1975 LOL!
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