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There is ample opportunity in the educational process to develop the role of critical thinking, though too often this opportunity is ignored. Michaels describes a learning process in literacy that involves the direct participation of first graders doing what they do best at that age--telling stories and thus making use of their already developed conversational skills. This is a fine opportunity to develop critical thinking about these stories and about the stories of others, and what can thus be developed for and applied to the "text" of these sorties can then be applied to the "text" of books and the subject matter of every class. The text in neither case should be seen as sacrosanct, and instead it should lead to a critical mode of thought that questions the text. This is the role of the school. Too often, the school indulges in bitting, in the division of knowledge into separated bits, rather than texting, or seeing the text as dynamic and as an element in the larger world of knowledge to which it is connected. Texting fits more with education for civility,

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ief in texting, in challenging what is accepted and in examining the text in a way that taches one to question and understand rather than to repeat given knowledge. Both Freire and Ong believe that literacy transforms consciousness. Ong believes that the development of literacy itself was a shift in conscious that was inevitable. Freire is more interested in the immediate effects in the contemporary world of the development of literacy. Ong sees literacy as liberating, and Freire sees it as leading to liberation when it is properly induced. Freire's emphasis on learning as a shared experience would be useful in any context, and teachers should see the educational process as a two-way rather than a one-way street. An awareness of cultural circles would also be useful given the fact that people in different circles view literacy in a different manner, a manner that should be exploited for its benefits rather than ignored as an obstruction. The term "Indian" came into being originally as a historical accident, since the first arrivals from Europe believed they were discovering a new route to India. The use of the name since has had a mixture of ideology and ethnology, and it has a strong political and social component ind
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