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 Children Play Doctor Nurse to Doll by Peter Newell Antique Engraving 1887 $20.00 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 53m |
 The Hole Book antique 1908 newer 1983 Peter Newell $49.95 Time Remaining: 4d 4h 54m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 Buy It Now |
 ANTIQUE SILVER NEWELL HARDING EARLY AMERICAN SPOON X863 $19.99 Time Remaining: 25d 7h 13m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 Buy It Now |
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 Antique 1908 Postcard of the Laughlin China Co Factory in Newell West Virginia $11.99 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 10m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 Buy It Now |
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 Kenroy Home 32191AWH Newell Table Lamp Set 2 Pack Antique White Finish $39.99 Time Remaining: 2d 9h 48m |
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 Rare 1955 Antique The Helpful Friends Wonder Book by Bonsall Newell $9.99 Time Remaining: 26d 1h 28m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 Buy It Now |
 Antique HB Book 1912 Irvin Cobbs Anatomy Illustrated by Peter Newell $32.49 Time Remaining: 5d 23h 18m Buy It Now for only: $32.49 Buy It Now |
 GORGEOUS Antique Spelter Bronze Kneeling Lady Newell Post Lamp 19 Tall NICE $300.00 Time Remaining: 29d 1h 6m Buy It Now for only: $300.00 Buy It Now |
 1909 Antique Letterhead Newells Hotel Pittsburgh Pa Deshon Proprietor Vintage $4.99 Time Remaining: 1d 21h 1m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 Buy It Now |
 ANTIQUE WATSON NEWELL STERLING SOUVENIR SPOON ROME GEORGIA SHORTER COLLEGE NR $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 22h 37m |
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 WATSON NEWELL SILVER TEA SET ANTIQUE 1910 CATALOG AD $9.99 Time Remaining: 28d 5h 3m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 Buy It Now |
 MARCONI Radio Radiotelegraph by P Newell 1903 $28.50 Time Remaining: 5h 33m Buy It Now for only: $28.50 Buy It Now |
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 Morris Minor NEW by Ray Newell $10.29 Time Remaining: 20d 52m Buy It Now for only: $10.29 Buy It Now |
 1892 ANTIQUE NEWELL MAP MISSOURI RIVER BASIN MONTANA MT Original Lithograph $23.76 Time Remaining: 14d 7h 29m Buy It Now for only: $23.76 Buy It Now |
 Mission Oak Newel Post Staircase Newell Antique Ball $225.00 Time Remaining: 7d 21h 20m Buy It Now for only: $225.00 Buy It Now |
 Antique Newel Posts Spindles Stair Balusters Newell $995.00 Time Remaining: 26d 6h 4m Buy It Now for only: $995.00 Buy It Now |
 1892 ANTIQUE BOOK FROM SEEDS TO LEAF LESSONS IN BOTANY JANE NEWELL ILLUST 1ST ED $14.95 Time Remaining: 5d 23h 25m |
 Antique Newel Post Stair Staircase Newell Old Wood NY $150.00 Time Remaining: 25d 9h 5m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 Buy It Now |
 Antique Newell Harding Co American Coin Silver Shell Form Olive Serving Spoon $125.00 Time Remaining: 7d 20h 48m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 Buy It Now |
 Antique Newell Harding Co American Coin Silver Cup c 1830 60 $275.00 Time Remaining: 9d 17h 45m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 Buy It Now |
 Antique Daguerreotype Photograph of a Mother and Daughter Newell Family $700.00 Time Remaining: 18d 19h 38m Buy It Now for only: $700.00 Buy It Now |
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If only our political leaders would read the laws they pass
I was in kindergarten in 1967. That year, Mrs. Bellows taught me how to read. She in fact taught the entire kindergarten class to read. She wrote on slate with big pieces of chalk. We clapped the erasers after class to gain her favor. We didn't have PC's or MAC's in the classroom. What we had was Mrs. Bellows.
In order to learn how to read, we were first presented with the letters of the alphabet. Mrs. Bellows had a ladder depicted on the wall and between each of the rungs was a letter of the alphabet. She stood by the ladder pointing at each of the letters between the rungs. When it was your turn, you were required to stand up and say the letter of the alphabet that Mrs. Bellows was pointing to. She went down the ladder and then back up the ladder. We didn't just learn to say the alphabet, we were learning to recognize the letters. You had to because she pointed them out in both directions so you couldn't just say the letter from memory. When you passed this test, your picture went above the ladder of letters. We all wanted our pictures up there. No child wanted to be left behind : )
The funniest thing happened to me in kindergarten. I learned how to say the alphabet backwards. When it was my turn to stand up, I already knew the drill from the previous day when I'd seen other kids go through this process. So that night, I had my Mom write the letters on a piece of paper and show me how to say them exactly the way Mrs. Bellows would point them out. When it was my turn to stand up in class, I informed Mrs. Bellows that I didn't need to look. She played along and I, completely missing the point of the process, regurgitated the letters frontwards and backwards. She was impressed. She took me to the principle's office (my first time) and had me do it for him. I then got a Red Cross button to wear on my shirt and I didn't even have to pay a nickle for it! I was on cloud-9. And of course my picture made it to the top of the ladder, right next to Tammy Dickinson's (the first girl I ever kissed).
Every kid in our class eventually got his picture posted on the top of the letter ladder - in the order in which we completed the task. Back then, competition was still allowed in the classroom and there was a sense of pride associated with getting this accomplished. It didn't bother me that Tammy Dickinson was up there before me, I admired her for it. I'm not sure when I decided to kiss her but I think that may have brought her down to my level. We continued to be academically competitive but we were pretty good friends too.
The next course was to run through the alphabet and make the sounds that each letter made. We learned vowels first - long-a and short-a. (and e, i, o and u's). We learned all the sounds of the consonants. In all, we learned all 46 sounds that you could make with the 26 letters we learned earlier. Not only that, but we were able to recognize which of those 26 letters were used singly or in combination to make those sounds. (That's when Mrs. Bellows recognized that I couldn't say my s's. I started speech therapy immediately and that would continue through the third grade. No drama, it just was part of the process.)
About mid-year, Mrs. Bellows handed each kid in the class their first book! It was a book about a dog named Spot (figures, I couldn't say my s's). Since we could recognize the letters that made the sounds that made up all the words, it was time to start reading! And we did. For the rest of the year, we each took our turn reading out loud to the class. We read boods about Dick and Jane and their dog Spot. Any then came the grand finale. We were going to put on a play for the rest of the school (and our parents). I very proudly took the part of the Smart Little Pig! We didn't have video cameras or even regular cameras so all I have of that play is a memory. Anyway, that was the year I learned to read.
Mrs. Bellows retired that same year. A more "progressive" teacher took her place. My brother did not reach the same level of reading until the third grade. Phonics was removed from the classroom and replaced with "whole word" reading. From that point on, we were teaching kids not to think. Strangely, someone decided it was easier to sort of remember what a word looks like than it was to learn 26 letters, 46 sounds and some rules on how they are combined. I believe that this is truly where it began to happen - the development of a bunch of non-thinkers.
I can envision a day where someone decides that it's too much hassle to learn to read. And why? We don't need this antiquated form of communication any more. How babies can navigate multimedia stories on a computer before they can walk and talk has already made big news. The Internet is dominated by text but as an internet consultant I have to tell my clients to write "scannable" text. The media sites are already taking over and my advice now is get on the video bandwagon. Google has already announced the ability to index audio with speech to text recognition and will give sites a big bonus for having "rich media". We are moving toward a multi-media driven Internet. In five years, you won't have that ubiquitous keyboard on your phone either, you'll be talking and passing audio messages. We click on You-Tube videos now. The media outlets are the targets and the bumpers and we're the pinballs. And this is how it happens. We just passed a 1000 page bill in the Senate, spent $1,000,000,000,000 dollars and not one of the people that voted for it could have possibly read it.
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 Newswire Photo (XL): Newell Sanders List Price: Sale Price: $67.00 You save: $16.75 (20%)  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis is a museum-quality, reproduction print on premium, acid-free, semi gloss paper with archival/UV resistant inks.Date: n/aTopics: HISTORY OF THE NEWSWIRE PHOTOSThis image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies...  |
 Peter Pan (Widescreen Edition) List Price: Sale Price: $5.37 You save: $4.62 (46%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product DescriptionFine casting, genuinely special effects, and a keen combination of whimsy and danger make this Peter Pan the one to beat among all previous adaptations of J.M. Barrie's classic children's fantasy. The technical advances of CGI make the magic of Barrie's tale come alive, and the spectacular effects combined with luminous live action create an action-packed Neverland that's both believable and breathtakingly artificial, like a Maxfield Parrish landscape springing vividly to life before your eyes... |
 Sincerely Yours: Historical Postcards of Londonderry & South Londonderry, Vermont Sale Price: $30.18 See Reviews For This Product DescriptionHundreds of century-old photographs give remarkable insight into the life and times of Londonderry and South Londonderry through the eyes of those who once lived there. This collection covers the time period from 1890 to 1920 in this small, rural Vermont community through pictures of daily life and special events... |
 Sarah Stilwell Weber Calendar Collection - June 1984 See Reviews For This Product DescriptionCollectible plate, from a numbered series: No. 4113B. Plate is salad- or dessert-sized. |
![Historic Print (S): [Frederick H. Newell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](http://www.rcbgallery.com/media/images/i/416QtvvSzRL._SL75_.jpg) Historic Print (S): [Frederick H. Newell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] List Price: Sale Price: $24.95 You save: $7.05 (22%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. Date: c1903.Subject: Notes: Copyright by J.E. Purdy. No. 2.Format: Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910... |
 Hands on Guide History: Consolidated Illustrated Checklist of Guide Association Badges - Archivists' and Collectors' Version Pt. 5 See Reviews For This Product |
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Newswire Photo (M): Newell Sanders List Price: Sale Price: $37.00 You save: $9.25 (20%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis is a museum-quality, reproduction print on premium, acid-free, semi gloss paper with archival/UV resistant inks.Date: n/aTopics: HISTORY OF THE NEWSWIRE PHOTOSThis image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies... |
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Newswire Photo (S): Newell Sanders List Price: Sale Price: $24.95 You save: $7.05 (22%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis is a museum-quality, reproduction print on premium, acid-free, semi gloss paper with archival/UV resistant inks.Date: n/aTopics: HISTORY OF THE NEWSWIRE PHOTOSThis image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies... |
