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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still can't believe we will have a generation of kids who struggle with reading/writing because of this crap.

WTAF?! 
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It's not just because of this.  [b]Fiction has been downgraded and devalued[/b] across the board since all of us went to school.

The big irony of that is that reading and discussing fiction is what develops empathy, understanding different perspectives, writing and critical thinking.  The very things we claim are important.[/quote]

Also [b]science and history[/b], "content", has been devalued.  First children are taught how to read (or not taught how to read) and then later they are given interesting things to learn.

When we were growing up, we learned how to read by reading content.  No longer.  [/quote]

Huh? My kids have had way more science and history content in ES than I did. I actually think it's too much and they should cut back to do more reading/writing/math. 
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My kid's reading and science/social studies were almost always integrated with ELA.  So they are studying the American Revolution and reading a historical novel set during that time.  Or they are studying westward expansion and reading tall tales.    [/quote]

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