tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post4414411067703024998..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Off-the-cuff musing: A culture of savants?John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-17248575588942420332007-05-08T05:51:00.000-05:002007-05-08T05:51:00.000-05:00I see this every day in my toddlers at home, liter...I see this every day in my toddlers at home, literalism (a word?) and the disconnect twixt Mine and Thine ...but I am more worried about the utter absence of "Ours". Understandable in babies, unforgivable in human beings. Figurative language my students don't grasp: 'fabric of society' *sigh*dejavaboomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188116228786800823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-85533942275419789222007-05-06T18:45:00.000-05:002007-05-06T18:45:00.000-05:00I'd be interested to know whether the phenomenon y...I'd be interested to know whether the phenomenon you are observing is caused by the developmental level of your students, is actually caused by technology, or is some combination of the two? Also, how do the present students compared to those ten years ago? <BR/><BR/>As a beginning teacher I struggled with figuring out what were realistic expectations for the various ages of students that I Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687973133021607701noreply@blogger.com