His premises (from his 1987 book, Cultural Literacy ) are: • In an anthropological perspective, the basic goal of education is acculturation, the transmission to our children of the specific information shared by the adults of the group or polis. ... But in missing an appropriate theory to organize the details, he has missed a great deal "and so bequeaths us a list (a practicum) in lieu of a sound practical theory. This book explains why we need to make some very specific educational changes in order to achieve a higher level of national literacy. ... That new insight is centra...

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It's like the feeling of accomplishment that a book worm gets from finishing a really powerful book. ... I have an idea of where I would be if I could have taken that apprenticeship As stupid as this may sound, I probably would not be in college right now, or maybe I would. ... All I see when I look at a book is a bunch of rambling words. ...

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