Thread: In Defense of English
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Old 04-10-2009, 10:37 PM   #139
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Originally Posted by kazbates View Post
[SNIP] We just don't have time to teach the basics behind many of our words. [SNIP]
'scuse me? I seem to be not getting something here. If there's not time to teach those basics, how is there time to teach anything else? Without the basics behind the words the kids won't get anything other than rote memorization. With the basics they won't need the rote memorization.

Or is the issue "tyranny of the wrong-headed-but-mandated syllabus?"

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