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I was off reading speculation about the next Harry Potter book, and on a
discussion board I found something in passing that I think I'll add to my book
worship collection. It's not a gem, but it's a fairly good rock. <g>

-=-When Dumbledore mentions him to hagrid, he implies that Aberforth might
not be able to read which means its likely that Aberforth, while his intentions
are good, might not have inherited Dumbledore's wisdom.-=-

Equating the ability to read with wisdom seems a jump.
Thing is, this isn't the first time I've heard this. <g>

And on a slightly-related (in that both involve teens, I suppose) thing, on
Neopets, intelligence comes from reading books, not being great at the math
puzzles. <g>

My book worship collection is starting here:
http://sandradodd.com/bookworship

and the artistic rendering of that is this:
http://www.sandradodd.com/bookmotif.html

I like that motif, but still I think it can send a bad message in the context
of unschooling.

If any of you have additions for those pages, I'd love to have them!

Sandra


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Mary Cimo

I think society in general views intelligence this way. Schools have
created an environment where reading-related ability is valued above
all else. I'm glad that Howard Gardener has brought the idea of
multiple intelligences to the forefront. Unfortunately, educators
don't really get it. Fortunately, we parents do.

Mary

On 8/3/05, SandraDodd@... <SandraDodd@...> wrote:
> I was off reading speculation about the next Harry Potter book, and on a
> discussion board I found something in passing that I think I'll add to my book
> worship collection. It's not a gem, but it's a fairly good rock. <g>
>
> -=-When Dumbledore mentions him to hagrid, he implies that Aberforth might
> not be able to read which means its likely that Aberforth, while his intentions
> are good, might not have inherited Dumbledore's wisdom.-=-
>
> Equating the ability to read with wisdom seems a jump.
> Thing is, this isn't the first time I've heard this. <g>
>
> And on a slightly-related (in that both involve teens, I suppose) thing, on
> Neopets, intelligence comes from reading books, not being great at the math
> puzzles. <g>
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> My book worship collection is starting here:
> http://sandradodd.com/bookworship
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> and the artistic rendering of that is this:
> http://www.sandradodd.com/bookmotif.html
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> I like that motif, but still I think it can send a bad message in the context
> of unschooling.
>
> If any of you have additions for those pages, I'd love to have them!
>
> Sandra
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