http://sabigames.com/2009/11/shame-the-dark-heart-of-reading-difficulties/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:03:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sabigames.com/2009/11/shame-the-dark-heart-of-reading-difficulties/comment-page-1/#comment-15 DrMarty01 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:35:18 +0000 http://sabigames.com/?p=369#comment-15 I agree with the language Dr. Sharp uses in her post. I have stories too numerous to mention here, but I will describe one man I will never forget. I was in my clinical training, and this man had been ordered for counseling for violent behavior. Near the end of therapy he had begun a relationship with a woman who had a very young child. This man's concern was that he learn to read so that he could read to the child. His shame filled the therapy room. All of the hardships he had which lead to his violent life receded leaving at the fore his desire to relate to a young child through children's literature. This image is one of poignancy. Itza Bitza is a beautiful thing in itself. I imagine that man as a child with ItzaBitza on his screen, fascinated by what his mind was growing into as he acquired his own literacy. I agree with the language Dr. Sharp uses in her post. I have stories too numerous to mention here, but I will describe one man I will never forget. I was in my clinical training, and this man had been ordered for counseling for violent behavior. Near the end of therapy he had begun a relationship with a woman who had a very young child. This man’s concern was that he learn to read so that he could read to the child. His shame filled the therapy room. All of the hardships he had which lead to his violent life receded leaving at the fore his desire to relate to a young child through children’s literature. This image is one of poignancy. Itza Bitza is a beautiful thing in itself. I imagine that man as a child with ItzaBitza on his screen, fascinated by what his mind was growing into as he acquired his own literacy.

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