Wakeup Call: And so I'm offering this simple post, to kids from 1 to 92

[radome]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21446405/wakeup-call-and-so-im-offering-this-simple-post-to-kids-from-1-to-92

We've seen Marquette "sing" before, but this time the team is back not to croon, but to sooth you right into Christmas. Love you, Marquette.

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[ChicosBailBonds]

Thanks for sharing.  Good stuff.  Vander was pretty excited.      Some guys better than others, but all in good fun. 

[warriorchick]

I think the best part of this video is that it proves that our athletes can actually read.

[dgies9156]

I think the best part of this video is that it proves that our athletes can actually read.

Warriorchick -- you betray your SEC roots!

Most of our athletes have been able to read. We're not the University of Tennessee!

[warriorchick]

Warriorchick -- you betray your SEC roots!

Most of our athletes have been able to read. We're not the University of Tennessee!

That's my point!  I bet there are a lot of teams that would be afraid to let their athletes read aloud.

And remember this guy?

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/26/sports/sports-people-basketball-ex-player-sues-school.html

[dgies9156]

That's my point!  I bet there are a lot of teams that would be afraid to let their athletes read aloud.

And remember this guy?

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/26/sports/sports-people-basketball-ex-player-sues-school.html

Oh yeah, I sure do. He was supposedly Marva Collin's great work in Chicago. She claimed she did in six months what Creighton and the high schools could not do in eight years -- get a kid to read.

Having worked with learning disabled children for some time, I know you can get a child who has difficulty reading to eventually read at a functional level. It take a whole lot of work, an enormous commitment and effort by parents, teachers and school districts. And, it takes a heck of a lot more time than six months.

I joke about Tennessee because they recruit thugs! But the reading problem in this country for many disadvantaged children is real. With new technologies, such as Kurzweil, it is possible to get children and young adults to realize their full potential. Many of these children are smart and can do college level work, but their reading impairment is something only recently we've begun to overcome. It makes it more likely that a Marquette degree for some basketball players from disadvantaged backgrounds will be worth something in the real, post-basketball world.

As a final thought, one successful byproduct of athletic programs nationwide is very effective learning disabled programs. The reason is that the techniques used to keep many learning disabled athletes eligible and competing are the same techniques that can work on the general population of learning disabled and dyslexic students. The goal: keep 'em eligible and make their degrees worth something.