This is the final part of 3 parts on the comment made by
Annaleese McNamara.
“Often it sounds as if the tones have a subtext of accusing the other person of moral failure, so it's not blatantly ad hominem but the "music" of the argument makes it so, and that just makes the other more entrenched, because they might lose face.”
Wow! So beautifully written!
Let us first establish who we are
talking about here. We are talking about educators of teachers. We are talking
about people whom the public hold in high esteem. We are talking about
individuals who can alter the course of the future lives of millions of kids
each year.
These educators therefore owe it to
the world to act in utmost good faith.
They should be looking out for ways
and means to help kids who are leaving school as illiterates. They should look
for the root problem and get rid of that hindrance.
There should be no argument of getting
“more entrenched because of loss of face”. This is not a matter of winning or
losing. (I have translated a video clip from Tamil to English for a lesson on humility here)
When someone suggests ways to solve
the problem faced by kids predisposed to shutting down those responsible should
look into it seriously and have a discussion so that the whole world may
benefit.
Now, let us look at “a subtext of accusing the other person of
moral failure” (Annaleese):
What does moral failure mean? Moral failure will be a breach
of morality which should be differentiated from ‘error of knowledge’.
An error of knowledge is unintentional mistake. On the other
hand a breach of morality is the conscious choice of an action you know to be
immoral.
A good question to ask will be: would a psychologically
healthy person be unmoved by the suffering of disengaged kids (disengaged from
learning to read)? Would a professor in charge of teaching teachers be
untouched by the suffering of parents of such disengaged kids?
Would a responsible educator not consider the plight of such
kids and not contemplate a way to avoid shutting-down?
Now let us examine the following with
regard to moral failure:
If you, as an educator do not follow
up on what has been brought up does it not tantamount to moral failure?
If you delete suggestions made in
public domain and then use that deleted information subsequently as if the idea
comes from you is that not moral failure?
Please refer to this link for proof
of deletion. http://www.dyslexiafriend.com/2017/09/comments-deleted-wilfully.html
If someone has specifically given you
information on how to eradicate illiteracy and you do not respond because you
had not thought of it yourself is it not moral failure?
(Please refer below to links to emails
to Dr. David Boulton and Dr. Reid Lyon in 2015)
If you spend 15 years interviewing more than 120 specialists
utilizing millions of dollars and still have not found the cause of why the
illiteracy rate is as high as it has ever been is it not moral failure? http://www.childrenofthecode.org/
Here is something (a few extracts) I read in the internet a
few days ago.
“From the much celebrated report "A Nation at Risk," we learned that American students ranked last among 21 industrial nations on seven of nineteen academic tests.To top it off, the number of incompetent teachers, as judged by the easiest of tests, is shocking, and the quality of college graduates going into the education profession is a disgrace.Being a teacher is an inherently moral endeavor—but do enough educators truly understand the moral value of their work?”
Here is something from Mark
Zuckerberg’s inspiring speech I heard yesterday:
I felt alone. And worst, it was my
fault.
I wondered if I was just wrong. An
imposter, a 22 year old kid, who has no idea
of how things actually worked. Now
years later I understand that that is how
things work when there is no sense of
higher purpose.
So, it is up to us to create it so that
we can all move forward together.
Purpose is that feeling that you are a
part of something bigger than yourself, that
you are needed and that you have
something better ahead to work.
Purpose is what creates true happiness.
Yes, let us
all live a purposeful life and move forward together. Let us help fellow human
beings as they are an extension of us.
We were born with a gift to make this world a better place
so let us make this a better world for the kids of the future.
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