2021-07-19 // day precision
How many times must tools teach rules this lesson?
Posted by Dan Cary
Original source text
#ToolsNotRules
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Editorial interpretation
SpongeBob characters labeled TOOLS and MFBL confront the character labeled RULES. The repeated template is another dated example of the July slogan cluster.
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Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Rules versus tools, MFBL