ABSTRACT

The mouths of children of Redbud bled, though, because of poor nutrition and because there was no money for dental care. Scholars who study persuasion tactics know that language can generate fear. If peddlers are hired to speak in favour of the privatization of schools— and there is no reason to expect that they won't be or already are— economic influences on learning will be given short shrift. "The teacher respects learners as individuals with differing personal and family backgrounds and various skills, abilities, perspectives, talents, and interests". The teacher understands that learners bring assets for learning based on their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, and peer and social group interactions, as well as language, culture, family, and community values". Soto-Manning referred to contemporary teachers as "technicians" who work with standardized curricula rather than as professionals who have opportunities for innovation in their work.