In Yancey’s article, she quotes Sheldon Jackson’s 1892 explanation of Alaskan education:
It was to instruct a people, the greatest portion of whom are uncivilized, who need to be taught sanitary regulations, the laws of health, improvement of dwellings, better methods of house-keeping, cooking and dressing, more remunerative forms of labor, honesty, chastity, the sacredness of [...]
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“The Future of English Studies Made Personal” – the article by Drye – really resonated with me – more so than any other article or chapter that we’ve read in this class. I find myself struggling on a daily basis to employ lessons that fit nicely into the standards to students who just don’t [...]
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