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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
So this guy is saying he is currently growing up in poverty or that he grew up in poverty?? People who truly grow up in poverty often don't have access to books of any kind and, often never learn to read. That has nothing to do with technology, and everything to do with poverty.
As the technology becomes more common, even those growing up in poverty will be surrounded by it. For example, even the poorest people generally have a TV. Before too long, libraries will have ebooks and ereaders for lending ... it will happen. It doesn't make the technology "elitist." That's just a stupid reaction.
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*I* grew up 'in poverty' - in the 60s and 70s. I saw many other kids failing to learn to love to read - but I dove into it. The children I saw went to the same schools I did, had the same lack of opportunity and had the same basic low-income existence - and ranged the spectrum of ethnic backgrounds.
It demonstrated to me that having parents who pushed children to learn, to excel and to strive to reach their potential had a LOT more to do with the learning success rate than the 'quality' of the teachers or the 'richness' of resources available.
So I think it's safe to say, "Sherman Alexie? What a Maroon!"
Derek