[NLA] Government Misinformation - Summing Up

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Hi Catherine,

I think Tom was questionning the exact meaning of words on the website and 
doing some critical analysis--What is potential?  How do we know it when we 
see it?  What does it mean to increase it?  And so on.  I think these are 
reasonable questions for anyone to ask, we are all members of the public 
whether we work in literacy or not.  Yes, I know that it is your point that 
this statement is a way of conversing with a larger audience.  

What I think is more important, operationally, is NCSALL's willingness to 
reach out to the public to share research findings, and to offer FOB at 
$8/yr.  This is a way of turning words into behaviors.

I know that literacy can change lives because I have interviewed people whose 
lives have been changed by literacy and this is how they have expressed 
themselves.

About EFF--I do question the words in which it is described, but like I said, 
people who use it seem to like it, and I think that is interesting and worth 
investigating.  One administrator sent me some literature, and that by itself 
seems to show a positive feeling. I just mentally toss my concerns into a 
grey area as something to look at further.  Maybe it is a program that gives 
structure in a sea of possibilities re adult literacy teaching and goals.  

Andrea

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