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on a more fun note. is is pos=ible that learning how to write and read, in fact slows down your th=nking process. forcing children to write and organize th=ir thoughts in a medium that does not lend itself to speed. is=not natural?

no question in my mind that it =s a huge benefit for the group. but my conjecture is tha= it is not necessarily good for the individual. . =ike being a hero ( throwing yourself on a grenade ) . go=d for the group not so good for the hero. . =C2 as writing forces a linear slow pace. I wonder if in a l=rgе population, handwriting will be correlated with G . =A0 anyway, I need to get my mind off =he way you have been getting screwed. drives me crazy. =C2

Good=to have a fun note.

I suspect that forcing children to =0 anything is probably harmful. But it's possible to introduce w=iting and (secondarily) reading in a way that seems to enhance thinking.=C2* That's the idea behind "invented

spelling" (here's=a link to some of the work: https://pages.wustl.edu/files/pages/imce/treiman=Read%20%26%20Treiman_Childrens_Invented_Spelling_final.pdf <https://pages.wustl.edu/files/=ages/imce/treiman/Read%20%26%20TreimanChildrens InventedSpelling_final.p=f> two-year ).=C24, old Back son had in the written early thi=gs '50s, a that philosopher he thought friend were of gibberish, mine (Israel wondering Sch=ffler) if brought I could make me some something pages on of =t. which It was his immediately obvious that the kind had learned the names of=the letters and was spontaneously stringing them together to express himse=f in writing. And making interesting generalizations. Thus the=letter "A", pronounced /ey/, he used for the words "came,&q=ot; "pet", "pat"; the letter "i", pronounced=/ay/, he used for "pie", "pot," "butt" . And=so on. It all made sense. Our kids did the same thing. C=rol wrote some papers about it, Charles Read and others carried it forward= Turns out to be a great way to teach reading too. Kids spontaneousl= express themselves, often in creative way, and the transition to official=orthography is not that difficult now that they have the general idea.

If don= properly, like offering free and creative opportunities for kids, I think=it can be good for the individual.

it I think

And with your immens= help, for which I can't express enough gratitude, we're working o=r way through

like th= military, can be good for an individual . b=t needs a group. I think "understanding=quot; might be similar as a group function as the visual syste= is for the individual. . it needs collective input and =hen with a recursive interations focuses on a concept*.A0

you should have the call with your children asap. =C24> feel free to send them debras memo so they see what you =ee. her privlege argument makes no sense. 4>=A0 you WANT the other side to see your justifications for your posit=on. she is just trying to stay out of the mix. 40=A0 as she has done virtually nothing to get you what you clearly are=entitiled to. shameful

As you know, I have bee= very unsatisfied with Deborah's performance. She assumed the ro=e of a judge and decided to make decisions according to her judgement abou= me (biased by her father's experience and by her own prejudices). 40=A0

I am absolutely aware that I have been judged and co=demned by them in the inner circle and "circus" they established=

She has been agreeing with Max all the ti=e and I wouldn't be surprised even if she was advising all of them, th=ough Max, that Noam (because of his new wife) should NOT have access to hi= own money. And guaranteed them that she was not going to take any a=tions about it. (She actually told me once in her office, that Noam did no= have rights to the assets of the marital trusts, since Noam's childre= were the beneficiaries.)

Therefore,=she doesn't want to expose herself to Max and to the children, as prov=ding Noam with material that proves that Noam is entitled to. She wa=ts to make look like, on the contrary, despite her efforts to follow Max&#=9;s agenda, that Noam is demanding some actions and as his legal represent=tive, she has to follow his requests. This will free her in Max's and =he children's eyes. And also in Noam's eyes. All very =imple.

weird , lets see if noam can get harry to agre= to replace max with richard or your new attny as a fall back=C24› , we can deal with the past afterwards