Teaching, not copying

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Teaching, not copying

July 11, 2011 by alaska85

David sent me this interesting essay about teaching an illiterate Haitian woman the very first steps of learning to sign her name. It’s written by one of the case managers in Fonkoze’s program for the ultra-poor. Worth a read.

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In the Time of the Butterflies - Julie Alvarez
What is the What - Dave Eggers
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Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
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Laughter in the Darkness - Nabokov
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Mountains Beyond Mountains - Tracy Kidder
Portnoy´s Complaint - Philip Roth
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Peace Is Every Step - Thich Nhat Hanh
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Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Elizabeth Costello - J.M. Coetzee
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Three Cups of Tea - David Relin (about Greg Mortensen)
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
The Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff
The End of Poverty - Jeffrey Sachs
The Bottom Billion - Paul Collier
The Road to Hell - Michael Maren
Werewolves in Their Youth - Michael Chabon
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
A Spy in the House of Love - Anais Nin
Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
Armaggedon in Retrospect - Kurt Vonnegut

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