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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
I feel so old!!! But I am glad (and someone sad) that this forum is not overrun with 16-23. I guess that says something about who reads. Of course, I couldn't do much pleasure reading in that age group, but I remember the very first book I ever got with my own money - Jaws, at age 18. I read it instead of studying for my calculus exam. I guess that is why I am a lawyer (Jaws!) instead of a computer whiz. Debra
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Given the nature of the younger people on another forum I'm on (the youngest is about 15, I think), I feel I ought to say that some forums do have well read youngsters who can talk in a mature and coherent manner. Although I suspect the nature of the forum means that the SHUMS aren't ever likely to join up (alternative Victorian history, aka steampunk, if anyone's remotely interested
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I think I ended up working in IT because I spent too much time reading (I really can't remember the first book I bought - it was probably a Famous Five with pocket money!) - I never spent enough time applying myself to things like maths, physics or geography/geology, but for some reason I had a bit of a knack with computers. The amount of reading for pleasure I did would certainly have had an adverse impact had I wanted to study for the bar! (At one point, my main goal with a job was to earn enough money to buy food, clothes and all the books I wanted. Not neccesarily in that order, either...)