opinion

How Important is Reading?

July 28, 2015 by Mary Hamilton

My teacher friends may already know these facts but I was stunned to learn them at a workshop I attended this weekend. 1. Children are learning to read in grades 1-3. After that, they read to learn. Therefore, reading fluently is important for learning. 2. Children who cannot read fluently at the end of third …

A Gender Question

January 16, 2014 by Mary Hamilton

Recently, my husband told me of an attempted break-in at a co-worker’s home. The co-worker’s wife was up early, way before dawn, when she heard a curious scratching sound. She went to investigate and discovered someone trying to break into the house. Fortunately, she managed to scare them away (there were actually two people involved), …