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  1. Xref: sparky misc.education:6143 sci.edu:1490
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  3. From: laura@TASVAX.NSWSES.NAVY.MIL
  4. Newsgroups: misc.education,sci.edu
  5. Subject: Re: Rereading 20 times (was: Branding kids)
  6. Message-ID: <25717@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL>
  7. Date: 26 Jan 93 18:48:30 GMT
  8. References: <1993Jan24.001401.13638@jlc.mv.com> <C12AzC.MB1@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1jg9keINNlui@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan20.122231.21775@athena.mit.edu>,<00728020029@elgamy.jpunix.com>
  9. Sender: news@suned1.nswses.navy.MIL
  10. Reply-To: laura@TASVAX.NSWSES.NAVY.MIL
  11. Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division
  12. Lines: 16
  13.  
  14. In article <00728020029@elgamy.jpunix.com>, elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green) writes:
  15. [Stuff deleted.]
  16. >The sad part is that these kids' prior teachers DID spoon-feed them. So I'm
  17. >not just having to teach them this stuff. I'm having to de-program them
  18. >from a mentality of learned helplessness. They're accustomed to having the
  19. >teacher do everything for them. I refuse to do that. They hate it. So it
  20. >goes.
  21.  
  22. Stick to your guns, Eric.  You are doing these children a great service.
  23. They will admire you for it later in life, even if none of them comes back
  24. to tell you so.
  25.  
  26. Laura
  27. laura@tasvax.nswses.navy.mil                      I speak only for myself.
  28. PHD/NSWC, Port Hueneme, CA  USA
  29. Mom to Maryrose Nadine McGovern - born 8-5-92
  30.