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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:17 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do all children need to learn to read? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who answered NO? May be this person may explain his/her reasoning? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah,I'd like to hear that myself unless it was just a spoiler. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I voted No |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. If you teach voters how to read, then only readers will be able to vote. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. LOL! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:29 PM Original message |
You couldn't be more wrong... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Then I was right about the fishing part! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I feel it is stupid to say that children who can learn to read... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Did I say that? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh for fuck's sake... please try to keep up... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. "I'm absolutely freaked out that anyone in their right mind can say such a stupid thing" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I tend to get testy when it appears that someone is being willfully ignorant... |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
93. ?? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yes and now they just have to provide TV shows and video games... |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. It's hard to watch |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Spot on... imho... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. My nephew is like that. He doesn't like to read but he can. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I was terrified too... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Maybe the NO votes can't read? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. I answered "NO". My niece is 19 and will never read. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I specifically noted this difference... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Sorry, I didn't get through the entire list of posts. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. This was stated in the OP... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. "I really wonder if anyone here is reading" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Haha! Seriously! |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. what kind of dumb question is this |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. It was a poll in response to another thread. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. would somebody link me to that unbelievably stupid thread? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. "no" ........ really? Someone actually voted "no" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I know, right? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only readers can read this. Ha! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think I know what post, and poster, you're talking about |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. You're wrong... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Then we must be talking about a different poster. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. It's against the rules to call out another DUer... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
75. Rules, schmules.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. HAHAHA! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can you link to the post you are talking about? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. No... it's against the rules... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Simply stunning. @ least 3 people think that reading is a "luxury"? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
77. Thanks for the reminder. I got it up to 3. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. WTF? OF COURSE! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's how I feel too... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Can you give a context about this thread, because at least one poster seems to think this is |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The thread was about schools and schooling... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Someone's equating reading with calculus. nt |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd say no |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. best to be careful. they might read Mao's 'Little Red Book' |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Seriously... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Three no votes?!? I can't believe that 3 people would even joke about such a thing |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. Drones don't need to read or write. Just do as they are told without question. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Slaves too... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Is our children learning? Childrens do learn. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Quote "W". lol!!! |
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gopwacker_455 (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. Deleted message |
TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Putrid. Kids do come 1st which is why every single one deserves |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. a? pls! y wud u wan2? 2 much wrk. bcnu,ltr... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Literate slaves are dangerous slaves. If TPTB wish to keep us enslaved they will keep us ignorant. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. context of question, please? n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Another DUer, on another thread... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. My late stepdad was functionally illiterate and he had a good job and supported a family. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Good post, LM. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. My grandfather was a genius... seriously... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Those that are functionally illiterate, usually |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #48 |
96. Are they getting into the technology? |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. Of course. Who the hell is voting no, WTF is wrong with them? |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
54. How could anyone vote no? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. This is what I don't understand either... |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. Agree. So much so |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Six people voted no in this poll....let's count how many tombstones are handed out |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Why would they be tombstoned? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I'm talking about the ones being deliberately disruptive.... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yes, b/c that never happens on DU |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Yeah, those are the ones I mean |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. No, just shamed, ridiculed, and given the stinkeye |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Doesn't bother me. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. "to the person who cannot read, the world is a closed book" |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
65. and I just got it back to zero again. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. I didn't vote. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #70 |
91. I can at least see where you're coming from. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
94. Oh, really? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
71. Of course they do. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
73. Uh, yeah. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
79. How is an honest no a possible answer? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
80. Yes, and they should be encouraged to read between the lines too |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
81. Duh! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. generally it is said, not all kids should be required to do college. college is not for everyone |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
83. "Is our children learning?" "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
85. WTF? Is anyone posting on this board who can not read? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
86. of course, with one qualifier... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
87. Not teaching a child to read is child abuse, period. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
88. i knew people who were unable to read and it harmed them |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
89. Talk about dumbing down the USA |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
90. The problem with your question is that is sets a pre-determined |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
92. Well, to be perfectly, brutally honest...all children CAN'T learn to read. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. But the original post |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
97. What age to children start to read? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
98. I dunno. If they learn to read, they may start thinking; next they'll be asking questions; and then |
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