[NIFL-WOMENLIT:1926] Re: Fwd: state of union and more

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Dear Bluebirds,

There are many different ways to read phrases:  "We know how to solve the 
problems," means "the knowledge is available" in my lexicon, but I can 
certainly understand how it could be read differently.   American 
triumphalism is disgusting.

The people I worked with, mostly men, were modest and dressed modestly, 
usually in short sleeved white shirts and dark trousers (summer).  Some were 
nationals of the countries they worked in.  Most were multilingual.  All of 
them had lived outside the United States.  They didn't raise their voices but 
they sure knew their stuff.

I know about Kerala and literacy, it is a model of what can be done--there it 
is, the "we know how to solve problems,"  THEY DID.  I remember John Comings 
(who has lived and worked abroad) of NCSALL using a film about Kerala in one 
of his courses. 

So how did Kerala do it?  What's the real story?

Andrea



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