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I think this is a very accurate statement. I began reading when I was three
and have read voraciously since then. I loved Dick, Jane, Spot, Puff and Sally
but I'd never foist them on my grandchildren now. They are so much more
sophisticated than we were.

Best to all!

T. K. Cassidy, MLIS
 Root Elementary Magnet School, Raleigh  NC
tkc@ storylady.com  * tcassidy@wcpss.com

"Live out your imagination, not your history." -- Stephen R. Covey
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Date:         Wed, 2 May 2001 07:47:47 -0400
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
From: snhamer@METHUEN.K12.MA.US
Sender: owner-lm_net@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Reply-To: snhamer@METHUEN.K12.MA.US
Subject: Re: Dick and Jane

I think, in general, we have to be careful to  compare what goes on today to
what we grew up with. It is a very different world, at home and at school,
than the one most of us grew up in during the mid-20th cent. I don't believe
we can transplant the learning experience from then into today because
everything else  around that experience is different. And I think that
because the 50's style of education worked for those of us who have
succeeded doesn't mean it worked for everyone. Most of those homeless people
on the street also went to school with us--something didn't work quite as
well for them.

Sharon Hamer                    Media Specialist
Methuen High School                 978-681-1389
1 Ranger Road                   (F) 978-681-1397
Methuen, MA 01844                   snhamer@methuen.k12.ma.us

"Painful things are like the knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary to
keep the beads in place"--Anita Diament, The Red Tent
> Date:    Tue, 1 May 2001 09:03:48 -0700
> From:    Ken Umbach <kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET>
> Subject: GEN: Dick and Jane (was: family literacy)
>
> Hmmmm ... I am puzzled by your assertion regarding "look say" and the Dick
> and Jane readers.  I recall using the Dick and Jane readers when I was in
> elementary school (what, first grade?  1953 or thereabouts), but we
> definitely also learned at least basic phonics -- the two worked together
> hand-in-glove.   Although Dick and Jane and their dog what's-his-name may
> not have been cutting edge literature, I have never felt that they
> deprived
> me of a sound foundation in reading.  I recall the class reading in unison
> and reciting individually.  That was fun and effective.  And I am
> eternally
> grateful for the grounding in phonics, an advantage that my own kids
> largely missed (as indeed they missed out on the eminently sensible and
> effective use of drill and rote memorization to master the basic
> arithmetic
> facts -- the result of which was lasting and irreparable damage to their
> progress in mathematics).
>
> (This is a comment to Joni Rathbun, but may be of interest to the list so
> I
> am cc-ing LM_NET)
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken
>
> --
> Kenneth W. Umbach, Ph.D., Policy Analyst, California Research Bureau,
> California State Library, 900 N Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95814
> E-mail: kumbach@unlimited.net (or kumbach@library.ca.gov)
> Phone: (voice) 916-653-6002 (fax) 916-654-5829
> Home page and selected papers: http://home.inreach.com/kumbach
> This message reflects my opinion, not that of my employer or anyone else.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of LM_NET Digest - 1 May 2001 - Special issue (#2001-530)
> *************************************************************

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