Gee:

"If all you know in any domain are general meanings, then you really don't know anything that makes sense to you" (p. 84).

McNiff:

This is very true. I agree with Gee and I think its a common problem that resurfaces in the school system continuously. That sentence alone is repetitive. But how many times do you need to repeat something to a student before they get it? Is it practicing 1+1=2, 1+1=2, 1+1=2; over and over until the student can say it?... but what does that mean?

It could mean, if I have a sister and a brother and each of them want an ipod for christmas. Then, I will go to Best Buy to buy two Ipods.