I got a note from our PLC member Steve and in it was this jewel:
…I have tried to continue quietly about my business without being confrontational when people make statements that are uninformed and imply that language acquisition is based on output….
I wish someone had told my confrontational self that years and years ago. I’m a slow learner, but the way Steve puts it, it is almost impossible to disagree with the deep truth it expresses. This sentence paves the way now for less talk about the value of CI relative to other ways of teaching and turns us in the direction of spending a lot more time in 2015-2016 focusing on strategies, skills, new ideas, and on our mental health.
Thanks Steve! That sentence says it all in my view.
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
