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Letters: Note to fired teacher Elizabeth Collins: Good rhetoric isn't all that easy

RE THE educational philosophy of Elizabeth Collins ("A Teacher Responds," June 16): I strongly agree that one purpose of education is to prepare students to apply knowledge to the real world. Where we differ is with her methods.

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RE THE educational philosophy of Elizabeth Collins (

"A Teacher Responds," June 16

):

I strongly agree that one purpose of education is to prepare students to apply knowledge to the real world. Where we differ is with her methods.

Rhetorical writing requires not only questioning but strong evidence. I read the "model" speech on her blog, and it lacks that essential quality. What she wrote would have been a great op-ed, but it was, like the president's speech the other night, unpersuasive.

Gloria C. Endres, Philadelphia