Lincoln’s Childhood

[LincolnMan]

From what I have read about the "blab" schools- the method of having all of the students read aloud together was primarily for the benefit of the teacher to "make sure" that they were engaged in her reading. It's a wonder if that method was most helpful to the student.
This may relate to the matter or not. I once attended a training on Schizophrenia a long time ago. To help us better understand what it must be like to have auditory hallucinations (typical in Schizophrenia)-each attendee had to wear headphones for 15 minutes in which were heard multiple voices at the same time (similar to the "blab" situation?). This was done while trying to concentrate on a written narrative problem requiring our utmost powers of focus. Needless to say, it was very difficult to do.