Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBBIZnX09348; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:35:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:35:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <a05100300ba1d138abb62@[205.173.155.165]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Kate Hallen <khallen@mail.lesley.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:643] Re: taking away $$$ for adult learners? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2578 Lines: 77 Thanks, Miriam-- Yes, "Nickel and Dimed" is a great book... Though reading it, after years of living on AFDC and working as a welfare rights advocate, was almost too hard on a personal level! It's true, that "indifference yet dependence" on the invisible class... Hopefully, writing like Ehrenreich's will open more eyes to it. Kate >Kate: > >Your suggestion that "It's not accidental--whether conscious or not, >maintenance >of the "balance"--a small percentage with a lot of money/power on >top and a large percentage with little on the bottom to keep it >stable--is in the interests of many a wealthy legislator" > >is echoed and expounded upon by Barbara Ehrenreich in her 2001 book: >"Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)Getting By in America" (New York: Henry >Holt and Company). From 1998 - 2000, during two years of "unparalled >prosperity" Ehrenreich went undercover as an entry-level worker in >Maine, Florida, and Minnesota. She writes about her experiences as a >maid, nursing home aide, waitress, and Wal-Mart salesperson. The >indifference yet dependence of the rest of society on the "underpaid >labor" of the working poor is both gripping and chilling. > >I recommend the book to anyone who teaches adult learners: whether >native born, immigrant, or refugees. >Miriam Burt >Washington,DC >-----Original Message----- >From: Kate Hallen [mailto:khallen@mail.lesley.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:27 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:639] Re: taking away $$$ for adult learners? > > >>Why is it that the Bush administration seems so hell bent on >>taking away educational programs for adult learners -- >>directly or indirectly...? >> >>--I think it is because they want to expand the pool of service >>workers. Florida's biggest GOP donors included Wal-Mart,the >>cruise ship industry and theme park owners...these >>businesses need many low-wage workers. Without education >>for adult learners there will be a larger pool competing for >>service jobs. By cutting adult learning funds the pool of those >>stuck in low-wage jobs expands. > > >I agree. Ick! > > > >-- > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Kate Hallen >Creative Arts in Learning >Lesley University >29 Everett St >Cambridge MA 02138 >khallen@lesley.edu >617-349-8596 * fax: 617-349-8142 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kate Hallen Creative Arts in Learning Lesley University 29 Everett St Cambridge MA 02138 khallen@lesley.edu 617-349-8596 * fax: 617-349-8142 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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