Ask an American schoolchild what he or she is learning in school these days and you might even get a reply, provided you ask it in Spanish. But don’t bother, here’s the answer: Americans nowadays are not learning any of the things that we learned in our day, like reading and writing. Apparently these are considered fusty old subjects, invented by white males to oppress women and minorities.
What are they learning In a Vermont college town I found the answer sitting in a toy store book rack, next to typical kids’ books like "Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy is ’Dysfunctional’". It’s a teacher’s guide called "Happy To Be Me", subtitled "Building Soft-Esteem". Serf-esteem as it turns out, is a big subject in American classrooms. Many American schools see building it as important as teaching reading and writing. They call it "whole language" teaching, borrowing terminology from the granola peop
A. essential that self-esteem should be promoted in American schools because the author used to suffer from a lack of self-esteem as a child
B. equally important to equip children with the necessary skills and knowledge they will require in the future
C. important to remember how much school children used to suffer from a lack of self-esteem
D. reassuring to observe that children can benefit from the promotion of a positive image
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