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From: Susan Daugherty <kdaugherty>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:28:01 -0600
At 08:42 AM 11/8/00 00, you wrote: header... I'm so glad to hear that Carry on, Mr. Bowditch is still being read. I remember it quite well from about 40 years ago.
Just a side note on the effect of teachers' fears of not doing a good job teaching something, which is part of this discussion, though I think not explicitly stated.... While reading a Greek myth, I mentioned to the kids that people used to think the world was flat. No one among the first or second graders knew about Columbus. In Madison teachers have stopped talking about him! I think it is better to do a less than perfect job of teaching than to stop teaching everything controversial. So, by extension, even a flawed biography can at least start a conversation. And as many of you have said, who among us could ever write the PERFECT biography?
Susan Daugherty
Received on Fri 10 Nov 2000 08:28:01 AM CST
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:28:01 -0600
At 08:42 AM 11/8/00 00, you wrote: header... I'm so glad to hear that Carry on, Mr. Bowditch is still being read. I remember it quite well from about 40 years ago.
Just a side note on the effect of teachers' fears of not doing a good job teaching something, which is part of this discussion, though I think not explicitly stated.... While reading a Greek myth, I mentioned to the kids that people used to think the world was flat. No one among the first or second graders knew about Columbus. In Madison teachers have stopped talking about him! I think it is better to do a less than perfect job of teaching than to stop teaching everything controversial. So, by extension, even a flawed biography can at least start a conversation. And as many of you have said, who among us could ever write the PERFECT biography?
Susan Daugherty
Received on Fri 10 Nov 2000 08:28:01 AM CST
