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Woman At Mile 0 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:17:22 +0000

OK then I am saying that it is a good thing that you are not suggesting that and thanks for clarifying it.
If 15-20% have extra learning needs (including social) that require extra support and an equal # would benefit from more difficult/challenging work..it seems two teachers would have lots of good work to do. I think that the Federal Government should be putting in a greater share for this. It would increase productivity and competitiveness for the country as a whole. A good investment.

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mary-ellen lang — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:43:48 +0000

I suggest you attend some PTA meetings, or some School Board meetings and propose a signing component to the overall elementary curricula, or get elected and join the Ministry of Education team and see how far you get. Then report back.

But then, maybe you wouldn’t be safely anonymous any more. In the meantime, the premise of you blog is still dead wrong (I never proposed or supported the idea of separate schools in my cbc column)

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Woman At Mile 0 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:14:45 +0000

Well I guess if we all thought about this issue your way, things always have to stay the same…people/society cannot change or progress forward and it’s useless to try.

Many parents are joining baby sign language groups and they continue using it with their children over the long term because they can see the benefits for their children.

All classrooms could include sign language instruction and usage if there was a second special education instructor in every classroom (for both the gifted and special needs students). Taking a few moments to learn a sign of the day could add up to 180+ signs a year and many children would already have some sign experience before they entered kindergarten with the baby signing craze.

This of course goes back to the point of my original blog posting (more resources as the answer) but you seem to want to hear only your own opinion.

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mary-ellen lang — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:52:16 +0000

I give up. Your last paragraph is another assumption and is not true, although I suppose you will still believe it.

As for your statement that parents and children “should” be taught sign language, I’m left wondering how you think this would happen, because in the real world, unless you forced people to learn this skill, unless they had a pressing and personal reason to do so, they simply wouldn’t.