Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBCLY4912171; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:34:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:34:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10012121610130.4911-100000@cls.coe.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Donna JG Brian <djgbrian@cls.coe.utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:320] Re: Questions about Purpose X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 1413 Lines: 29 You know, it's the implied rules that we're talking about here. Most of the rules that help you get along (read "comply") in the system aren't written down. Some people seem better able to "intuit" what the rules are than others. I think we have all known folks who are less observant of the social mores, and by that I mean that they just don't notice as much about what is acceptable and what is less so. Others, of course, DO notice, but pick and choose how they observe the "rules." I think it is important to help people who seem not to be able to ferret out the unwritten rules to become conscious of what the rules are and to understand the consequences both for themselves and for civil society of not adhering to those rules. In other words, I believe there are times when it is important to purposefully not follow the rules, but breaking them should be the result of a conscious decision and not because the person didn't know what the expectation was. And in making that decision to knowingly break the rules, it's best to also know and consider the consequences. Donna Brian, Program Coordinator SLINCS--Connecting literacy practitioners to each other and to the world of Web resources <http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/> Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee 600 Henley Street, Suite 312, Knoxville, TN 37996-4135 865/974-4109 FAX 865/974-3857 djgbrian@cls.coe.utk.edu
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