I don't have a whole lot in my notes, but here is what I remember. He talked
about working in one of the schools in Texas where all of the children were
Spanish speaking and the SES was very low. There was a boy, I don't remember
what he called him so I'll just call him Joe. Joe was a kid that seemed to be
destined for failure and didn't have much interest in school or reading.
But in talking to him they found that he was building a motorcycle from
scratch
in his garage and read motorcycle manuals and visited lots of websites to
read instructions on how to build motorcycles (of course I remember this part
being a biker chick myself : )
Randy said, "How are we getting school literacy to match with the
literacy children are using outside of school?
...deficit thinking leads to damaging education...it assumes something is
missing."
Hope this helps.
Nancy
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