Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1S2AEP21751; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:10:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:10:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20030227180153.009e74d0@mail.aracnet.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8682] Re: Don Antonio The Doorman X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Status: O Content-Length: 889 Lines: 21 At 11:02 AM 02/27/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Was the message "not necessary to learn to read?" or what? > I think the story is poking fun at the assumption that you have to have certain credentials in order to be successful in life. It's maintaining that intelligence is not always accurately measured by our traditional measures. I think you could say that it is challenging the concept of what constitutes literacy. Obviously Don Antonio had numeracy, as well as people skills and communication skills. I don't think it means that you shouldn't learn to read and write. I think it means that that's not what makes a person valuable, successful, or intelligent. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvan Rainwater . Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org
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