[AAACE-NLA]Re: Confronting the issues directly

[Elsa Auerbach]

	I do not believe that being critical of current political positions and being professional are contradictory in any way: in fact, I think being sharply critical of Bob Sweet and the damage he has done is the only ethical professional position that is warranted at this time.  Who would decide what is polite, what is a rant? Maybe he needs to hear the outrage that professional adult educators feel about the damage that he and his right-wing co-horts are doing to the field that we have dedicated our lives to.  The fact that our tax-supported adult education list serves are now being censored (as Debbie herself informs us), is not unrelated.  I certainly hope that we don't  censor ourselves in the name of professionalism.

	Elsa Auerbach

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> From: 	Barb Van Horn
> Reply To: 	aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Sent: 	Wednesday, May 14, 2003 2:54 PM
> To: 	aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Subject: 	[AAACE-NLA]Re: Confronting the issues directly
> 
> I would also like to see the NLA list invite Bob Sweet and others to 
> join the list as a guest to respond to questions and concerns from 
> the field. My only concern is that this be, as Deb Yoho said, an 
> opportunity for frank but polite, professional exchange of views - 
> and not have it be a rant against current political positions. I 
> would suggest that the NLA moderator or someone else, if that's not 
> possible, organize this (and similar guest events) to ensure that the 
> exchange is professionally conducted.  Barb
> 
> >From: "Fran Tracy-Mumford" <fmumford45 at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA]Confronting the issues directly
> >
> >I would be more than happy to ask him to join the Listserv as a 
> >guest to receive our questions and issues.&nbsp; It is always good 
> >to go directly to the source for information and feedback.&nbsp; 
> >Fran Tracy-Mumford
> >
> >  >I have an idea. How about inviting Bob Sweet, former Board chair and
> >  >founder of the Right to Read Foundation, as a guest on this list? I would
> >  >like to hear directly from him about the issues we have been discussing,
> >  >and heaven knows he needs to hear from us.
> >
> >  >On the other hand, perhaps this would give a platform to those we disagree
> >  >with? I for one do not fear that, if the groundrules could create a frank
> >  >but polite, professional exchange of views.
> >
> >  >My purpose for suggesting this is a real hope that somehow we can find
> >  >common ground. Okay, okay, call me Pollyanna......
> >
> >  >Deborah W. Yoho
> 
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> Barb Van Horn (M.Ed., Reading)
> Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
> and Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
> College of Education, Penn State University
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