The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #114523   Message #2446372
Posted By: GUEST,lox
21-Sep-08 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Synthetic Phonics
Subject: RE: BS: Synthetic Phonics
Mo And Cat,

I couldn't agree more that the most important facets to encourage, as they already exist in abundance, are creativity and an enquiring mind.

Education, family and travel are three things, the value of which can never be taught or explained.

Just like you can't explain how nice a jam sandwich tastes.

You have to have/taste them to appreciate them.

Explaining to a young adult who has never had any of them why they should strive to get them for themselves or indeed for their kids is a task that social workers the world over try and fail at more often than not.

I want my daughter to know the value of all three (and I might even make her a jam sandwich one day ...).