Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e72EUuP24423; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:30:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:30:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20000802.102602.-248721.0.camibunting@juno.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Camilla J Bunting <camibunting@juno.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3081] Re: FW: NLA Discussion: Literacy and Bush X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.9 Status: O Content-Length: 843 Lines: 16 I would like to respond to Ms. Guillion's appraisal of Laura Bush's speech. Although Mrs. Bush did not use the word "literacy", or refer to adult literacy, I believe she spoke to every listener in words they could relate to, and she hit at the heart of the literacy solution in America: Parents reading to their children from the earliest ages, parents teaching children that reading is a natural, entertaining activity, and teachers receiving the right type and enough training to teach children who are struggling readers. To me, simply addressing the issue that every child's ability to read is of utmost importance implies that adult illiteracy is unacceptable. It did not, in my opinion, down-play the need for adult literacy programs. Cami Bunting Family Literacy Coordinator Literacy Volunteers of America - Newton County, GA
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