[NLA] in praise of big brother at the DOE

[Eileen Eckert]

It's about time someone culled the enormous amount of information available 
through the Department of Education! I live in fear of committing 
educational malpractice by using my own knowledge, experience, and judgment 
to interpret the information I find. What if I don't place the same emphasis 
on phonemic awareness as the new keepers of the literacy gates, the proposed 
NIFL Board? I know I need someone to tell me what to do and what to 
think--I'm glad we've finally got a good old-fashioned elite willing to 
exercise noblesse oblige by acting with authority.

You know, this is great for the female-dominated field of adult literacy. I 
could tell, with all that thinking and sorting through of too much available 
information, my brain was swelling and my reproductive organs were shrinking 
(just as the Victorians thought!), and the same was probably happening to 
all those other unnatural, uppity women. Now maybe the process will begin to 
reverse--I feel more fertile already! Thanks, big brother!

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