I just found out that my kids are still doing this in HS. Crazy.
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I have an indelible memory of a primary teacher losing it, and HORRIBLY bullying a boy in my class who was really struggling to read aloud. I must have been 8, and *I* could see that it wasn't his fault - he could barely read at all. It really made me not want to go to school.
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Yea that’s my memories too. Like there were always a few people o felt bad for and they knew people felt bad for them and were embarrassed and it was all just shit
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I think some teachers were taught that it's the way to tell whether a student is literate? A friend once told me she learned to read silently & when she changed schools (in the 60s) the teacher wouldn't believe she could read at all.
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Yikes. I mean...we were still doing it in, like, 11th grade. In English AP. It always baffled me
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I'm seriously on both sides as an educator. I was as a kid too - was terrified of "public speaking" or talking at all, but reading aloud was my place to shine. It's what made me feel visible/worthy. There's a lot more individualized instruction now, when there's enough support.
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There's never going to be a way of educating that works for every kid in every class/school/scenario. We try to vary things, to reach all. Public speaking may be tough for some, might be a breakthrough for others. Some will find confidence in test taking, others will struggle.
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they call it startup event-speaking now
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Silent reading was a later invention than schooling, so maybe it's just a centuries-old carryover? (I remember getting corrected in third grade because I gave myself the challenge of reading out loud from the book turned upside down. Pretty fun, actually.)
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