I work in a school, and some of our students are so low income that we fear that they do not get adequate food at home, and we know they don't have proper clothing. When the students talk among themselves about what they watched the night before these particular students do not participate, because they not only do not have cable, they might not have electricity. I've even run across a few in years past that had no running water at times.
So, saying they can just read cereal boxes or dictionaries? What a way to turn them off of reading permanently.
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