R/Hr: A Failure of the American Education System
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January 12, 2005: Self-proclaimed teacher Cat on the mailing list HHShippersAnonymous posted that shipping Ron/Hermione was a sign of the failure of the American Education System.
| “ | One of the things we found was that most reading comprehension tests only "test" for certain types of understanding. Of the hundreds of types of understanding, most schools only test for 12 to 14 types of /surface/ information. Students are not asked to "infer" or come to their own conclusions based on context clues. They are only asked to identify /obvious/ facts. This means that most students (unless they study on their own or read a lot) don't learn how to "read between the lines." Can we all see where I'm going with this? Good, I thought so!
SO! R/Hr shippers identify themselves with "Isn't it Obvious?" while most H/Hr shippers identify themselves with "Read Between the Lines." There are (at least on certain websites) about twice as many R/Hr shippers as H/Hr shippers. So here's my thesis: /*IF*/ H.M.S Pumpkin Pie is the ship that sails, Harry Potter may just prove that there is a large gaping hole in the American Education System. | ” |

