> Mark wrote: > necessity of learning to read and compute? Do you think an adult who has > had concentrated exposure to the arts his entire childhood, but can't read > or compute, will be as happy as someone with no formal arts education but > can read and add/subtract? Dire poverty doesn't sound like fun to me. And > these stark choices seem to be the option in some cases. We have a number > of illiterates in our schools, and in response I've been hearing that these > disadvantaged kids need more exposure to the arts. The reverse is true, I > think. Dorie writes: Some children will never be literate..they can not learn. But many of those children /adults can product artwork that is extordinary. (Sister Kenny Art Show for Artists with Disabilities) Give people the tools to be happy. Be it math problems, science, art classes, music and let them be the best they can be in whatever form of life. A person can be happy in dire poverty, (who sets that standard?), a person can be miserable with a bank full of money. Children are being mainstreamed these days and schools need to be prepared to handle children with all levels of IQ. All children want to do their very best but unforunately, parenting and other factors take their toll. If they can't learn science perhaps they can learn color theory. Expect the best from children and you will receive it...and give all children a chance without judgement, you don't know where that child has been in life. Dorie Rae Gallagher Nokomis
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