'Fahrenheit 9/11' puts UO professor in the spotlight.Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard His book has become familiar to millions of Americans. It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
The University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. education professor wrote the book that President George W. Bush reads in a key scene from the hit documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." A stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. Bush has just learned that a second plane has struck the World Trade Center, but he continues reading "The Pet Goat" with Florida schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school for seven minutes. An estimated 20 million people have seen Michael Moore's scathing critique of the president's response to the terrorist threat. So that means as many people have heard at least a line or two from Engelmann's story. The professor hadn't seen the movie when he started to get calls from national media asking him about the book. So, he went to see the film and gives it a thumbs-up: "I thought the movie was clever." But then, Engelmann is no supporter of the president, even though the Bush administration endorsed a reading method Engelmann pioneered. "I wouldn't vote for him," he said. Still, Engelmann's amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. that his book, first published in 1969, has captured such attention. "The Pet Goat" is contained in his textbook, "Reading Mastery 2," and is designed to apply Engelmann's method known as Direct Instruction. He described it this way: "The inviolable rule is that no word goes into a story until the kids have learned to read it from a word list, so everything in the story is decodable." The approach is criticized as robotic ro·bot·ic adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or employing robots. by many educators, but has proven effective in studies. "I would have preferred that my work have no association with 9/11 whatsoever," Engelmann said - even though recent publicity has prompted amazon.com to begin advertising the textbook online: "Brand-new, low price $37.50." "I can't imagine that anyone would be interested besides Michael Moore  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. groupies," he said.
CAPTION(S): Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann is the author of the children's book "The Pet Goat" featured in the movie "Fahrenheit 9/11." |
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