Les

@LesterJMilton

Non-union talent. Education. Addiction. Hasenpfeffer Incorporated.

Bellingham, WA amazon.com/dp/B004LRP8LY Joined April 2013

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Les @LesterJMilton May 4, 2023

Replying to @JamesAFurey

@JasonJAnger The value one has for reading is deeply personal. The goals of literacy instruction should depend on the context of the instruction and the desires/interests/abilities of the unique individuals being instructed.
What we would prefer for our kids is often made irrelevant by them.

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Les @LesterJMilton Apr 8, 2021

This is the equivalent of a priest insisting that people can't lead moral lives without the Church, who closes his eyes, plugs his ears, and loudly hums a hymn when secularists who lead moral lives raise their hands and ask to have a word.

Tom Bennett OBE Verified account @tombennett71 Apr 8, 2021

They start, like everyone, interested in what they are interested in, and left only to that would pursue some very limited ends.

And who cares if they desire tests or not? They don’t desire salads either, but they’re good for them.
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Les @LesterJMilton Apr 16, 2020

If you or your kids are looking for new quarantainment and like sci-fi adventure with funny & scary things happening in (just about) equal measure, the novel I wrote in the early 00s is FREE! on Kindle until the end of Monday.

amazon.com/dp/B004LRP8LY

www.amazon.com The Accidental Adventures of Dogget Mann Accidental Adventures May Be Exciting, But They’re Also a Real Pain in the Butt. Dogget Mann would never have run away if he’d known what it would lead to. Sure, he’s interested in science and...