Mary Ellen, as a teacher and concerned citizen, I am totally opposed to the "just listen to what I tell you" nonsense. I have always known it was nonsense because my parents read the newspaper nearly every day. My dad was visually-impaired, so my mom read it to him and therefore to those of us who stuck around to hear it. I was one of th…
Mary Ellen, as a teacher and concerned citizen, I am totally opposed to the "just listen to what I tell you" nonsense. I have always known it was nonsense because my parents read the newspaper nearly every day. My dad was visually-impaired, so my mom read it to him and therefore to those of us who stuck around to hear it. I was one of those. I liked hearing about what was going on. Then, I liked reading it too. I am back to listening now as my vision is gone, but it is critical for me to check out different sources. Every single human being should have the right to and be encouraged to do that. Then, we have to decide what is free press and what is sabotage, potential insurrection, and the like. We must explain to our young people what they are reading and how they can figure out what is true. I used to do that with my students even the very young ones, first graders who have a right to know what they can understand about how our country works. I expected my high schoolers to read regularly, online was fine if from a variety of sources that did not pass lies regularly. We owe that to our citizens and all those who live here.
Mary Ellen, as a teacher and concerned citizen, I am totally opposed to the "just listen to what I tell you" nonsense. I have always known it was nonsense because my parents read the newspaper nearly every day. My dad was visually-impaired, so my mom read it to him and therefore to those of us who stuck around to hear it. I was one of those. I liked hearing about what was going on. Then, I liked reading it too. I am back to listening now as my vision is gone, but it is critical for me to check out different sources. Every single human being should have the right to and be encouraged to do that. Then, we have to decide what is free press and what is sabotage, potential insurrection, and the like. We must explain to our young people what they are reading and how they can figure out what is true. I used to do that with my students even the very young ones, first graders who have a right to know what they can understand about how our country works. I expected my high schoolers to read regularly, online was fine if from a variety of sources that did not pass lies regularly. We owe that to our citizens and all those who live here.