None of this was true. Until that unfortunate fact came to light, it hadbeen a cracking good news story.
Since then, the media have sneered at Misbah's mother's working classbackground, council estate and troubles in her personal life. They havemarvelled at the affluence of her father and their comfortable life inLahore.
A court in Pakistan ruled last week that Misbah's father had actedillegally.
With an appeal hearing months away, a story that once couldn't be stoodup is now set to run and run. So much intrusion, so many stereotypes, sofew facts.
- "The things that shape children's brains are changing," says SuePalmer.
This sounds scary. Palmer is a literacy specialist. Along with otherbrain experts she thinks cultural changes mean neural connections thatshould be made are not happening.
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