11-30-2010, 07:52 PM | #31 |
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If schools taught sex ed the way they teach reading the kids would not want to have sex when they reached puberty.
First, a really ugly partner you don't like is assigned to you. As you get started the teacher and all the other students laugh at you. And, within a week the Sex Ed Specialist assigns you to remedial Sex Ed. You get all the jokes about not being able to masturbate because the instructions are written on your hand. I have never met a kid staring school who wasn't excited about learning to read. Something ruins that excitement. |
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11-30-2010, 09:44 PM | #33 |
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11-30-2010, 10:08 PM | #34 |
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I can still remember mispronouncing the word "corps" when I was in the 4th grade. The teacher laughed so, of course, the other students laughed. I sat down and when told to read more I refused. Now, misprouncing that word puts me in the league with a brilliant President.
I love to read but I really feel it is in spite of the teachers. |
12-01-2010, 12:51 AM | #35 |
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ha on "corps." I still think of colonel as "col-on-el" in my head. I can't help it. I learned most of the words in my vocabulary through reading and mispronounced them constantly. My mother would get so upset with me, but I told her the book wasn't reading the words to me! Now my son mispronounces words. I did learn that there is such a thing as karma and the mother's curse (I hope your child turns out just like you!), because I got a son just like me. He is constantly caught with a book in his hand instead of doing whatever he's supposed to be doing (dishes, homework, sleeping, bathing, etc). I guess I'm not a good role model when I read when brushing my teeth or cooking dinner. HA! Could be worse....
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My mother has always been a reader as long as I can remember. I've been a reader too for almost ever. I took to reading quite well.
What helped me is that my parents allowed me to read what I liked. And I didn't like most of what the schools forced upon us. I thought a lot of the books were just awful. One problem with schools is that they take books that may be good and the way you have to dissect them makes them a turn-off for a lot of kids. |
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12-01-2010, 02:52 AM | #38 |
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That is a sad story if it is true. While I don't doubt that there are such parents around, I would question the honesty of this report. It is too over the top to my way of thinking. An airport is a busy, noisy place and yet our observer was not only able to hear the exchange quite clearly from beginning to end, but had also spent an hour watching the child read.
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12-01-2010, 05:32 AM | #39 |
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The poor daughter . I hope she doesn't get permanently turned off books because of this incident (whatever the context). I'd be angry with the mother if I didn't pity her more. At least the daughter still has a chance. I can't imagine the stultifying existence that poor woman has had without being able to enjoy a book . I can't believe such apathy is normal(and hence systemic) - she clearly had a strange childhood. From what I've seen (and I admit that's very limited), people appear to respect education and books quite a bit in the US.
My parents spent an unconscionable amount of money (given our finances when I was a kid) buying me books (grown-up books at that). Toys were in short supply (who cares?) but books ... oh the heaps of books they got me . We didn't have public libraries like they do in the US (blew me away when I first came here - "you mean I can check out as many books as I want??? For free??????") but they paid what it took for a membership to what they called a circulating library. *sigh* good times ... I'm glad they didn't waste my time with the cutesy kiddie stuff - that way I got the classics out of the way early on and moved on to more amazing stuff like science and math and of course, SF - amazing how well those can stimulate a curious child. If I'm half as effective as they were at raising a kid in an environment of scholarly awesomeness , I know I'll be a fabulous parent! |
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These days, if a book was left in an airport lounge, I think people would be more likely to call security.
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JSwolf right the dissection was always going on my nerves too
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12-01-2010, 08:19 AM | #42 |
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Here is what I have found out after looking at this issue on the internet. There are many factors that are preventing the prelevance of electronic readers:
1) There are a certain number of people like the ones described in this that don't want to read. 2) There are a rather large percentage of people in third world countries that can not read and do not have the resources needed to learn to read. 3) There are a large percentage of people who can not speak a languege that readers will support, and face it the readers do not support every languege. 4) A lot do not know about electronic readers. 5) Price is a factor, there are a percentage of people, like me, that do not want to pay that much for a reader. 6) Don't have the dollars, how do you tell someone that is working two jobs and is barely paying the rent that he/she needs to spend $200 that they don't have for an electronic reader. 7) Some are like my parents who are afraid of technology. |
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I once had a lady stop by my table at a book signing who gave the best excuse I’ve ever heard. She told me, “I would buy one of your books, but I just got back from the doctor where I found I had many allergies. One of them is to the pages of books.
At another signing, a man stopped by and asked me about getting his book published. I talked to him a bit then asked if he’d be interested in my book. He told me – drum roll – “Sorry, I don’ t read.” I’m not making this up. He actually said that. |
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Bob, I can believe that the lady was allergic to book pages, but I don't understand why she was in a book store!
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