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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years in Boston were the most uneventful of Cory's adult life; she has also called them the happiest. In 1983, however, she had to look on stoically as her husband defied repeated warnings from Manila and decided to return to the Philippines to challenge Marcos, death sentence or no. Hardly had Ninoy's plane landed in Manila when he was met by a group of soldiers and hustled out of the plane. Seconds later, shots rang out, and Ninoy Aquino lay dead on the tarmac...
Parents, be wise and heed this advice: watch how your children spend their free time, because playful pursuits have a way of shaping adult occupations. Take Gary Larson. As a youngster growing up in Tacoma, Larson collected lizards, snakes, frogs, salamanders and one monkey. Aided by his older brother, he regularly flooded the backyard to create swamps. Once, for a change of pace, the Larson boys hauled sand into the basement and built a miniature Mojave complete with horned toads. Throughout it all, Larson's parents remained remarkably serene, even that day when Dad, a car salesman, came home...
...recent survey of adult literacy centers in the Boston/Cambridge area, undertaken at the request of Derek Bok and John Shattuck, the directors reported a need for trained teachers, validated testing and diagnostic instruments, tested methods and materials, and long-term funding. The recent literacy campaigns have resulted in large waiting lists--in the hundreds at some centers--with no increases in funding...
Perhaps, the best way to solve the adult literacy problem is by prevention--with better instruction and services for all children, and particularly for those that tend to lag behind. We need to provide help to the millions of children who have special problems in learning to read and who tend to remain behind in reading and related academic subjects during elementary and high school...
When we compare the numbers of children who are having difficulty with the numbers of adults needing assistance with literacy, we find that they are quite similar. Most adult illiterates were children or young people with reading problems. It would be easier and less costly--in human and in financial terms--to help them when they first cried out for the help...