In a message dated 7/31/2006 5:49:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Perhaps
by it's very nature ATEG has to be a big tent organization that
can't
endorse change without alienating its many highly conservative
members. If
that's the case, then a rethinking of grammar has to
happen
elsewhere.
Craig,
I'd hate to see this. I'm a member of NPG also, but I think that
ATEG has something to contribute. Just because there are conservatives on
the list doesn't mean the whole list wants to go back to Warriners. I joined the
list in reaction to my school's buying Warriners, and I wanted something
different. I don't add a lot, as I don't have the knowledge of linguistics that
many of you do, but I follow the ebb and flow. I've gained a great deal
from it.
If the US Congress has managed to work together with liberals and
conservatives agreeing to disagree, surely we can. An occasional ruckus
could and should be ignored. If the conservatives want their own scope and
sequence, let them use what's already there. I don't see why you should
suspend your efforts because some don't think you are making any headway or are
headed in the wrong direction. There are many of us who applaud you and
the those who are trying to do the impossible. We just aren't as vocal.
Perhaps we should be, but I think there's a lot of support for what you are
doing.
Ignore the naysayers. They can use Warriners if that's what they
want. They have a program. But don't abandon those of us who've been
begging for a new approach program to implement in middle and high schools. We
need you!
~Gretchen
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