We had our doubts about the Oceanside School District, but never imagined anything like this. A man named John Corcoran apparently taught high school in Oceanside for 17 years without being able to read or write. This explains more than we’d like to admit. This report from ABC 30 in Fresno, California tells Cocoran’s story and how he finally learned to read with the help of a tutor at the Carlsbad Library.
After a year he was reading and writing at a sixth grade level. Now Corcoran has become a literacy advocate with his own foundation. In fact, he was even appointed to the National Institute for Literacy by President George Bush (which figures). Corcoran says, “We need to teach our kids to read and write.”
Yes, Mr. Corcoran. That’s probably a good idea.
[Link: ABC 30 and Buzzle.com]
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Your article interested me until you felt compelled to make an anti-Bush comment.
Really. He’s been out of office for over three years. And, he had nothing to do with giving an illiterate man his teaching credential to begin with.
Adulthood is calling.