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a frustrating experience because of a "reading problem.” Why then do we still have a high percentage of students reading below grade level?
We live in a very rual area, yet this area is one of the most culturally advantaged environments in our state, if not the country. We live in a state filled with remembrances of the past. Our nation's capitol, only an hour’s drive away, is filled with just about every area of knowledge, past and present, that any student should have available to him. The opportunity for attaining some “non-visual experience with language” is right at our fingertips and yet the choice often made is to ignore the opportunity.
The educators in this county, and by educators I mean parents, teachers, and administrators, must make it a personal challenge to stimulate the minds of our very impressionable young learners. The most critical role in this process must be that of the parent.
The best teacher in the world will be the parent who attempts to show his or her child that there is an abundance of knowledge to be committed to learning outside of their immediate environment. This non-visual information will be directly correlated to higher reading levels.
The parent as a teacher has many advantages over the school teacher. The school teacher meets with a student at most SO minutes a day. In this short period of time, they can at best offer vicarious experiences. The parent on the other hand has hundreds of hours and the added advantage of having the “world” as a classroom. It does not take a degree in educational psychology to be able to administer a lesson in U. S. History by driving down to one of our national monuments and letting the natural inquisitiveness of youth proceed on its own. Nor does one need to be Rod Serling to sit down and read a tale of Daniel Boone to the vulnerable minds of youth. Perhaps a lesson in history will be all it takes to give them the incentive to read and ultimately attain the education that is vital to each individual.
History reveals that our nation has prided itself on the freedom of each in* dividual to choose his own destiny. These freedoms have
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