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Phillip Chipping’s LinkedIn profile says he is an Educator, Inventor, Writer, Lover of People (philanthropist)
Phillip Chipping:
Although I don't discount the 80 kids you succeeded with (no small feat! I'm sure their parents are so grateful for your help!), have you taught your methods to others? Have they also implemented them with successful outcomes? Although technically statistically relevant, 80 kids is still a fairly small number, especially if we can't see anything regarding the research methods and the tutoring methods that were used. You are asking us to simply trust you. So, I'm curious what you are doing to build a body of evidence for your methods.
My response:
Of course, I have taught my method to others. But again, any method can get kids to read. I am not talking about teaching but about what not to teach so no child will be left behind.
As for 80 kids being too small a statistic, I quote a Tamil proverb that says to test a pot of rice to see if it is cooked all we need to do is to press one grain between our thumb and forefinger.
My thoughts now:
I have seen similar comments elsewhere and Phillip is not as stupid as he sounds.
His statements here are similar to several others made over the past decade. A good question is who is pulling the strings.
I have not said anywhere that my teaching is superior to anyone else. I know many intervention teachers who use various methods to get kids to read.
My blog is about why kids shut down/disengage from learning to read and what we can do to prevent this from happening.
Phillip told me he bought my book ‘Shut Down Kids’. When I asked him for comments about my book, he replied that he did not have time to read my book as he had many other books to read.
That book will not take more than 2 hours to read. What kind of cock and bull story is this guy trying to tell?
1 comment:
Why are you ashamed of adding your name to the comment?
You said, 'Did you know it's considered impolite to post links to your personal blog/website on other people's posts?'
Oddly, you will buy a book and not spend less than 2 hours reading it. However, you have time to scroll through articles on LinkedIn and comment on them.
As for the rules you speak about, whose rules are these?
It is rude to comment without adding your name. How am I to refer to you? Mr or miss 'anonymous'?
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