- Banned
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Two boys with the same disability tried to get help. The rich student got it quickly. The poor student did not.
This story was produced by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School.
NEW YORK — For both boys, the struggles at school started in the first grade.
Isaac Rosenthal was a fast talker with a big vocabulary. But when it came time to read, he couldn’t keep up with his classmates. He didn’t pick up on the rhyme scheme in Dr. Seuss books, and often mispronounced words whose meaning he knew (like “Pacific,” for which he’d substitute “the other ocean”).
Landon Rodriguez, four years younger than Isaac, was energetic and talkative at home but quiet and withdrawn at school. When he brought home reading assignments, Landon often confused Bs and Ds, and he labored through even short passages.
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Besides the obvious, what do y'all find wrong here? Look at the statement in italics- while I love to ridicule the so called higher educated, that isn't the point. Not really. There are some things wrong in he story.
This story was produced by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School.
NEW YORK — For both boys, the struggles at school started in the first grade.
Isaac Rosenthal was a fast talker with a big vocabulary. But when it came time to read, he couldn’t keep up with his classmates. He didn’t pick up on the rhyme scheme in Dr. Seuss books, and often mispronounced words whose meaning he knew (like “Pacific,” for which he’d substitute “the other ocean”).
Landon Rodriguez, four years younger than Isaac, was energetic and talkative at home but quiet and withdrawn at school. When he brought home reading assignments, Landon often confused Bs and Ds, and he labored through even short passages.
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Besides the obvious, what do y'all find wrong here? Look at the statement in italics- while I love to ridicule the so called higher educated, that isn't the point. Not really. There are some things wrong in he story.