• ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    What is going on with this reading, is this how kids learn to read in America!? With this ruler smacking and shit? It’s very authoritarian, almost militaristic, not a bit of joy in that classroom

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      3 days ago

      I’m not 100% sure, but this may be a remedial education course for kids who have been struggling with reading comprehension, which is why it’s so rigid. This interaction is definitely not typical for primary school English. At least not when I was in school.

      Not to defend the abysmal literacy rates in America, of course. Standard education here is really more of a suggestion of a standard.