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QUOTE="BugoutBob, post: 33649, member: 43"]if you read to your children your are disadvantage get others.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2015...fairly-disadvantaging-others-katherine-timpf/

The world just gets crazier[/QUOTE]

He's a quack! Again, everyone in unison, "HE'S A QUACK"!

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I can't believe an "educator" would say something like this. I'll bet he gets a lot of hate-mail over that article!
 
Universities and colleges all over the world seem to be magnets for these people.

At one point, Swift even flirted with the idea of “simply abolishing the family” as a way of “solving the social justice problem” because “there would be a more level playing field” if we did, but ultimately concluded that “it is in the child’s interest to be parented” and that “parenting a child makes for what we call a distinctive and special contribution to the flourishing and well-being of adults.”
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Yes, and reading bedtime stories is part of parenting. Should I feel bad that I'm working at being a good parent? Not at all.

The so-called "social justice problem" is a false construct; it isn't a problem at all. The idea of a "level playing field" does not exist in nature. But these ideas sure sound great to folks convinced they can't beat the odds and make it on their own.
 
Me to professor: By you sharing your mentally challenged deviant thoughts you are disadvantaging that university and perhaps the entire world. I do agree about feeling bad though. I feel bad that someone's tax dollars are likely associated with his salary.
 
Ayn Rand addressed this in one of her short stories. Totally insane. For our society to try to make laws to insist that everyone is "equal". It puts our children in total government control and their upbringing completely out of the hands of the parents. Because, you know, all parents are not equal. And that's not fair. Hillary tried this too..."It Takes a Village To Raise a Child". Problem is, it's not the village's child.
 
On a side note, I kind of miss reading to my kids. We have always required our children to read 20 minutes a day on their own (chapter books) and then I would read 1-2 fun books to the younger kids before bed. All of our kids can read at a level well beyond their school grade, so now none of them want to be read to anymore. My Kindergartner started school reading at a 2nd grade level and now is at a 3rd grade level. His teacher said that is not common anymore, but used to be. My wife's parents (and nanny) had her reading and doing math by age 3. She graduated high school when she was 16 and college when she was 21.
 
Sentry18 said:
On a side note, I kind of miss reading to my kids. We have always required our children to read 20 minutes a day on their own (chapter books) and then I would read 1-2 fun books to the younger kids before bed. All of our kids can read at a level well beyond their school grade, so now none of them want to be read to anymore. My Kindergartner started school reading at a 2nd grade level and now is at a 3rd grade level. His teacher said that is not common anymore, but used to be. My wife's parents (and nanny) had her reading and doing math by age 3. She graduated high school when she was 16 and college when she was 21.
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I read Scripture to my wife, and periodically I read her a novel
 
He also suggests abolishing the family, but he is in UK. Pink Floyd has some input on education system over there.
In 3rd grade our eldest was on an 8th grade reading level.
By being in daycare situations, American kids were going into kindergarten knowing how to read.
What are they doing to the cradle to grave agenda now?
 
I am not a reader. I spend 33% or more of my work week reading reports, reading crime analysis, reading court decisions, reading defense motions, reading proposed legislation, reading proposals, reading, reading, reading... When I come home I don't want to read. But I did not mind reading some of the many many books we have in our children's bookcase. Some of them Christian themed kids books and some of them just wholesome on their own. I could read the book cover to cover in one setting and be done. Perhaps when I retire I will get back to the days when I could sit down with a good book and just enjoy it.
 
Sentry18 said:
I am not a reader. I spend 33% or more of my work week reading reports, reading crime analysis, reading court decisions, reading defense motions, reading proposed legislation, reading proposals, reading, reading, reading... When I come home I don't want to read. But I did not mind reading some of the many many books we have in our children's bookcase. Some of them Christian themed kids books and some of them just wholesome on their own. I could read the book cover to cover in one setting and be done. Perhaps when I retire I will get back to the days when I could sit down with a good book and just enjoy it.
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This was true for me when I was teaching. I read, read, read, all day long. When I ever had free time, my eyes were tired.
 
Son#3 is almost 16 and I still read to him. Or he reads to me. Or his dad reads to both of us. When he was little we didn't read too many young-ish books to him, but rather chapters from books like Tucket's Travels or My Side of the Mountain or Hatchet (intentionally staying away from books with pictures so that he could develop the scenes in his own imagination). My husband and I loved the stories as much as he did, so we always made it a threesome. There are so many good stories out there, we just never stopped. Honestly, there are just so - many - good - books. We are way past the point where he needs us to read to him - instead, we're sharing literature as a family. It's one of the best things we do together that makes us a family. And when son#3 is grown and gone, my husband and I will still be reading to each other.

Interestingly, son#3 has a stellar grasp of vocabulary. We've never done any vocabulary work in school, because we've never needed to - he earns perfect scores in vocabulary on standardized tests, and has a better grasp of vocabulary than his peers - or most adults, for that matter. And it absolutely comes from reading aloud and sharing literature together.

So if some weenie thinks I'm being unfair to the children who don't have parents who read to them - well, I don't have words for that kind of idiocy. But they can send their kids over here and I'll read to them, too. Sharing literature with people of all ages is a blessing, it's a wonderful shared experience, and that weenie has no business taking it away from anyone.
 
Just when I think I have hit my limit of stupid for the day, you all find something new! LOL My grandparents taught me to read before Kindergarten, also. They would have me read an article in the newspaper for their friends. I had no idea what I was reading, but could pronounce the words. I can't imaging not reading. And yes, I read to my dogs!
 
I see this as socialist tripe with two goals. The dumbing down of America and the breakup of the family. Educated people make more money and poor people are easier to control. If all your resources are given to you by the government then you will do as you are told. Breaking up the family reduces the morals of the country. I forget who said it but there is a quote about America being great because it is good and that when it quit being good it would quit being great.
 
You all know that I have seen the other side of this, where parents can't be bothered with anything educational for their children. My homework expectations were never large, but always doable. One sheet of math facts (memorization of math tables) and reading something on their level that was pre-selected for them and about a 10 minute read. WAY too much for some families! And when those parents would protest their children using part of their recess time to do their homework, I would suggest they could do the homework at home. Sometimes it made sense to them. Some of the children figured it out and started doing homework at home. Some thought that losing their homework was the way to go, until they realized the consequence.

I do know that homework is becoming a thing of the past as well.
 
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Caribou said:
I see this as socialist tripe with two goals. The dumbing down of America and the breakup of the family. Educated people make more money and poor people are easier to control. If all your resources are given to you by the government then you will do as you are told. Breaking up the family reduces the morals of the country. I forget who said it but there is a quote about America being great because it is good and that when it quit being good it would quit being great.
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Yep. Yesterday it was don't spank your kids and give everyone a ribbon, today it's don't read to your kids and nothing is their fault, tomorrow it will be conformity at all costs and never question your government. The cycle of stupid continues.
 
Amish Heart said:
Ayn Rand addressed this in one of her short stories. Totally insane. For our society to try to make laws to insist that everyone is "equal". It puts our children in total government control and their upbringing completely out of the hands of the parents. Because, you know, all parents are not equal. And that's not fair. Hillary tried this too..."It Takes a Village To Raise a Child". Problem is, it's not the village's child.
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Hillary is mistaken: It takes a village to raise an idiot. She should know.
 
I had thought to start a thread "Stupid Is As Stupid Does" (SIASD) but the last few days have shown that it would take up all our time just reading that thread and would not leave enough time to discuss Prepping or Country Living.

As for the Hellary quote "It takes a village to raise a child". The problem with that concept it is always the "Village Idiot" who will be in charge of raising the child. All the productive people in the village will be busy working.
 
Hillary's quote is correct, it's her context that is wrong. The expression means a group of strong independent like-minded people who are usually family members working together in the best interest of the child. Her context means using the lowest common denominator and group think to force your child to conform to the ideology of political correctness and thus create an ultimately dystopian future.
 
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