Literacy and diversity. (Letters to the Editor).Gregory Shafer raised my hackles hackles the hairs over the neck and back that are elevated by arrector pili muscles in response to fright or anger. A mechanism to threaten opponents, perhaps by appearing larger. . As a public school teacher in a family of teachers (my husband, my son, my daughter, and now my grandson) I feel he is trashing our profession. He accuses us of cultural genocide Cultural genocide is a political and rhetorical term used to describe the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political, military, religious, ideological, ethnical, or racial reasons. and sneers at the products of our endeavors, calling his criticism, for cripes cripes interj. Used to express annoyance, anger, or dismay. [Alteration of Christ.] sakes, "What's Literacy Got to Do With It?" Public schools should be there to make us into "one literate nation, indivisible INDIVISIBLE. That which cannot be separated. 2. It is important to ascertain when a consideration or a contract, is or is not indivisible. When a consideration is entire and indivisible, and it is against law, the contract is void in toto. 11 Verm. 592; 2 W. " not to divide us into little cliques of competing languages, cultures, and histories. A literate individual has plenty of opportunity to study his particular cultural background. All he needs to do is talk with the elders of his tribe, go to the library, and read the books. Our job is to make them literate in the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. . It's to give them a sense of the history of this nation and hopefully turn them into citizens with a sense of personal responsibility for helping to solve the many problems we must face together if we are to survive and prosper in this world. Laverne Rison Albuquerque, NM |
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