Jun 16, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
In 2026, the Minnesota Department of Education requires teachers to be toadies who follow approved teachers’ manuals with fidelity. All the love of reading has been stomped out of students. Reading…
Andy JohnsonHost
The single reading methods course taken as part of my teacher education program at the University of Wisconsin River Falls back in 1981 was largely gobbledygook to me.
That was due in large part to the fact that I was not at all interested in the topic.
If a little incidental learning occurred along the way, well, that was just peaches.
And I'm sure my mindset back then was not much different from that of many of my students today in my recent literacy methods courses.
The single reading methods course taken as part of my teacher education program at the University of Wisconsin River Falls back in 1981 was largely gobbledygook to me.
That was due in large part to the fact that I was not at all interested in the topic.
If a little incidental learning occurred along the way, well, that was just peaches.
And I'm sure my mindset back then was not much different from that of many of my students today in my recent literacy methods courses.
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