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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And by 'encourage reading' what do you mean? You seem to treat this as an 'all or nothing' situation. Only compete if you have a chance of winning. Why does the younger brother bother to compete then?
Do you look at the forum members that have in their signature the number of books that they read this year and decide that there is no point in reading another book this year because you aren't going to read more than them? Should we demand that those who read 100 books per year not rub this in the faces of those who don't have the time for it?
I think that knowing that another kid was able to read 63 books in 6 weeks can actually motivate other kids to read more. If reading 10 books in 6 weeks is all that is needed, and the library discourages spreading the word that a 9 year old can read much more than that I think that the others are going to read less, not more.
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I do not treat it as an "all or nothing" situation, and no I donīt get discouraged by members that share the number of books they have read in their signature. Possible because I read about about 10-15 books a week (in english for myself) and somtimes I also read 20-30 children to YA books in swedish for my work. I donīt se reading as a competition but a joy. For me reading is like breathing and if it was a competition i would stand a fighting chance to "win".
Fine, give the kid a prize, I still think heīs in it for the joy of reading now just lets gett other kids discover the joy of reading too. I think this should be about that.