Snark of the day

New Zealand is, I understand, a place where whole language instruction is popular.
I wonder if http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.com/ is a whole language school. They've got their camera's (sic) rolling to record the even (sic). It could be argued that since I could figure out what was intended, then the error doesn't matter - but I suspect the clarity of writing suffers.
Very busy day today. Still, I had a few moments to ponder the difference between "instruction" and "delivering material." I am thinking that the people who argue over "sage on the stage" vs. "facilitator" are missing critical elements, because often the "facilitator" simply is a "sage on the stage" who has stepped back. A true *teacher* and true facilitator stages the classroom or life experience to guide a student through fortunately predictable stages of learning, tho' silly humans *woudl* have to be diverse enough to defy the predictions and follow different routes so often.
Funny thing, in truth Direct Instruction isn't "sage on the stage" at all.