4/4/2007
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Summarize
uWe believe that today’s version of
umulticulturalism is needlessly limiting the academic
uachievement of the very children for whom most of
uthese changes were initiated.
u
uEducation’s aim should be to teach children to read
ufrom the best literature available and not from the
umost ethnically diverse sections we find.
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uUltimately, reading teaches us how to think- regardless
uof whether we are rich or poor, black or white. I know
uthat it is possible to expose children to good quality, diverse
uLiterature, and I will make it my priority
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