Re: LOGO-L> right v left, curriculum

[Jim Muller <jmul@cyberramp.net>]

At 07:36 PM 12/26/97 PST, prkosuth wrote:
>I tend to be more in the direction of George than Mike on this. I do not
>see how 100 % efficiency on the division algorithm or 100 % on spelling
>tests produces excellent thinking. My students (severe learning
>disabilities, receptive and expressive language problems, etc) , in many
>instances can do neither of these tasks but in many cases are highly
>intelligent.  Have students (12, 13 years old) who cannot read or spell to
>save their lives but are very effective and critical thinkers. Lets make
>sure that we separate the rote task of division from the higher levels of
>cognition: analysis, synthesis and evaluation. 
>
>(extra e's and spelling mistakes are my own without benefit of spell check
>-- I haven't figured out how to use it on email --- does this make me
>smart, stupid or neither ?)
>prkosuth@mychoice.net
>OPINIONS ARE MY  OWN
>Brehm Preparatory School
>Carbondale IL
>

Agreed!  <<with loud applause in the background>>

Check the definition of rote..."the use of memory...usually without
intelligence." 

Because my son's learning disability did not fit the mold of several
alledged experts, we were told repeatedly to institutionalize him. We were
lucky enough to find a resource who recognized that maybe Larry had his own
way of thinking. It wasn't easy but he got through school and is now an
auditor.

Einstein once said that imagination is more powerful than knowledge. I
continue to thank the Almighty that Larry found some very imaginative
teachers.

Regards...Jim
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Jim Muller
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