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Sociology > Education |
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"Mark mshapiro2@nospam -adelphia.net" |
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20 Sep 2006 07:15:04 PM |
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You Can't Take That Away From Me. |
Libraries aren't what they used to be. Guest commentator Jane Goodwin takes
us back to the days when libraries were libraries rather than entertainment
centers. Some may find her comments controversial.
Read her article at:
http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-09-20-06.htm
Then, let us know what you think.
Sincerely,
Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Editor and Publisher
The Irascible Professor
http://irascibleprofessor.com
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| User: "Herman Rubin" |
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| Title: Re: You Can't Take That Away From Me. |
21 Sep 2006 01:11:52 PM |
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In article <htSdnczkF88URIzYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
Mark <mshapiro2@nospam -adelphia.net> wrote:
Libraries aren't what they used to be. Guest commentator Jane Goodwin takes
us back to the days when libraries were libraries rather than entertainment
centers. Some may find her comments controversial.
I am not discussing the article itself, but I would like
to post a note of IP himself on what has happened to our
institutions of learning. In particular, those who claim
that our high schools do a reasonable job of teaching
those they graduate, by any standard of reasonable.
"The IP comments: You would be surprised at how many
students we have in college these days who can't read.
Perhaps it's all those dumbed-down, limited vocabulary
books they have grown up with. What might surprise you
even more is the number of recent college graduates who
are functionally illiterate."
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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| User: "Herman Rubin" |
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| Title: Re: You Can't Take That Away From Me. |
21 Sep 2006 01:09:12 PM |
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In article <htSdnczkF88URIzYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
Mark <mshapiro2@nospam -adelphia.net> wrote:
Libraries aren't what they used to be. Guest commentator Jane Goodwin takes
us back to the days when libraries were libraries rather than entertainment
centers. Some may find her comments controversial.
Read her article at:
http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-09-20-06.htm
Then, let us know what you think.
Sincerely,
Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Editor and Publisher
The Irascible Professor
http://irascibleprofessor.com
I am inclined to agree mostly with the article; I would
have definitely profited from getting into the "higher
level" material early, as the mathematics and "science"
material for the lower grades was far too low in content
for me. In Chicago, it was by grade, not by age.
When anything becomes an entertainment center, it is
difficult to keep a high level of anything else. We
need not amusement in our facilities supposed to promote
leaning, but the promotion of learning.
--
This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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