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"We know that tomorrow will not be like today. That is one of the few certainties of the present period."

My own aim is simple enough. I would like a future for my children in which they can lead productive lives, in a society which is positively engaged with the challenges of its time, and in which despair is, at least, balanced by hope, difficulty by pleasure. I happen to believe that the possibilities of communication are an essential foundation for that. ... I think that the meaning-making practises of the young humans which I have observed are a good starting point for that rethinking...

Gunther Kress, Before Writing

I love kids drawings. They are great: free expressions that are rich in thought and feeling on the page. Perhaps we need to look at how "the kids of today" are making meaning; whether this is blogs, graffitti, LOLcats, I don't know. Once we deconstruct these literacies, we finally have something to work from which everyone can relate to.

Kress addresses a couple of things that were / are "challenges of the time" like globalisation, economy, the media, cultural and political developments and there is a lot of stuff that we still have to deal with ...

There is a load more great stuff here. It is a very inspirational text, written with intelligence and character. I love the last sentence.

Much love to all humans

Steve