Laura Bush in Paris for literacy meeting

[tocqueville]

Mon Jan 15, 8:21 PM ET

PARIS - First lady Laura Bush, a former teacher and librarian, heard educators from Afghanistan to Madagascar describe their fight with illiteracy during a United Nations round table in Paris on Monday.

Participants in a UNESCO conference here on teaching reading outside of traditional school settings briefed Mrs. Bush on programs in Madagascar, Afghanistan, Egypt and Burkina Faso.

"Of the 781 million adults who cannot read a simple book, more than two-thirds of them are women," said Mrs. Bush, honorary ambassador for the United Nations' Decade of Literacy.

"Ending illiteracy is a challenge for every country," she said. "Yet investing in literacy and education helps governments meet their other fundamental requirements — it improves opportunities for children and families, it strengthens economies and it helps keep their citizens in good health."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_re_eu/france_us_laura_bush_1

mmm maybe she should start at home....

[Missy M]

1. Her husband knows how to read a "simple book"....

he did read "My Pet Goat".

[tocqueville]

2. yep... but did he understand it ? n/t

[Missy M]

3. I think the kids in the classroom explained it to him.

[acmavm]

4. Since I don't care two cents about Laura it's not worth it for me

to dig for the info but does someone here know what she taught? And are the poor kids still in therapy?

[WritersBlock]

5. Let's hope it wasn't "driving." n/t

[Loge23]

6. ...spare me, pickles

Can any rational human being actually believe that this faker really cares about literacy or any education? This is window dressing designed to make these beasts look like real humans.
How can this woman cast her pearls before a swine like the idiot and try to come off like some kind of caring individual?

[earth mom]

7. She might want to start with her husband & buy him a dictionary while she's at it. nt

[mmonk]

8. Think she will learn to be literate?

[bluedeminredstate]

9. Was Laura ever a teacher?

I thought she was a librarian at an elementary school for a couple years and then quit after marrying GWB. I know her total education "career" lasted a very few years and ended about 30 years ago so I don't understand why she's such an expert in this field. The hushed reverence the press uses to describe her short work history is annoying.

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