Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g384fFu28798; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:41:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:41:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <30.24dd9269.29e2791a@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: LELemke@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3966] Re: Crashing into ceilings X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 46 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 542 Lines: 10 Yes, I agree completely that a middle school reading level is not sufficient for one entering college, but it seems to be fine for those going to work directly from high school, depending, of course, on the position. And, yes, the multiple meanings, references to literature, to the Bible, to mythology, and so on about which so many lower level readers have no clue makes it extremely difficult to get the correct meaning of a text, story, etc. So much to teach and so little time. But we keep on keeping on anyway. :-)) Ellie
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