[senco-forum] Literacy

Well said Eddie. We have got to the situation where all sorts of allowances
and modifications are made for those whose reading is below par and all this
has done is maintain the status quo rather than put the problem right, in
doing this the system has done them a great diservice. SEN has become a huge
business that did not exist 30 years ago, too many vested interests at all
levels of the system.  If reading problems reduced to say 5%  a lot of
people would be out of work.  I have always held that there is money to
discover problems but not correct them.  Just look at the resistance to
conductive education for CP and cochlear implants for deafness to name but a
few.  The biggest offenders are usually found within the systems set up to
'support' the problem area, if an answer is found where would they end up?
If I found the answer to even 30% of crime how long would I last and it
would most likely be the higher levels of the justice / police  system that
would carry out the hit.

Philip EP

a cynic is an idealist who has been 'happy slapped' by reality.

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From: "eddiecarron" <eddiecarron at btconnect.com>
To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: [senco-forum] Literacy

I unsubscribed from the forum a few months ago because the topics being
discussed were of no interest to me.  I  subscribed again only to make this
one posting.  The topics discussed on the forum are principally concerned
with the administration of illiteracy whereas I am concerned only with its
remediation. Since few if any of the postings are connected with the
resolution I unsubscribed and thought that that would be the end of it.
However, I was contacted by a list member who took a similar view and also
suggested that there should be a ring-fenced debating forum devoted
exclusively to the initial teaching of reading and the resolution of reading
illiteracy generally.   The fact that just over 100,000 children leave
school every year unnecessarily less than functionally literate should be a
cause for greater concern than is apparent. Of course the topics discussed
on the forum are important and of interest to people whose work is the
administration of illiteracy but if enough people agree that there is a case
for a dedicated debating forum for illiteracy and make their views known to
BECTa I'm sure they would respond positively.

Eddie Carron

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