Posted on 06/27/2017 3:39:36 PM PDT by LibWhacker
How do they get out of high school, out of middle school, without reading a book for English or history?
When I went to college in the early ‘70’s, I ran into public school kids (shoot me, I went to a prep school) who never had to write a paper. That’s pretty bad, but never having read a book? What kind of classes do they take to even get into college?
Kids can't read, they can't write or read cursive.
They can't add and they can't perform at a job.
But they need safe spaces...and to know how to avoid things that melt snowflakes.
This is the end of government-controlled education.
Good bye...let it die.
I’m in the same boat. Read voraciously to gather information, but almost never crack a book or read for entertainment - unless FR counts.
I do watch movies occasionally...
Child abuse AND taxpayer abuse
I have a BS in Bus Ad. I too hated most of the classic lit. The worst one that I can remember was about an ice floe. Can’t even remember the name of it. Hubby had to explain it to me and when he was done I said.....stupid. Lol
You got off so easy! I had to read The Pilgrims’s Progress in the 8th grade.
I fell into the “Slough of Despond” that year... just hated that book! The teacher made it even worse with overly pedantic questions quizzes, discussions and interpretations.
I got my masters in Business much later and didn’t have to read a book there. Thought I should clarify. Lol
Being forced to read the books offered in high school literature classes was pure torture. I was eventually booted out of senior English because I finally had enough and refused to read any more of their mind numbing crap. Not that I’m still bitter about being put through that a zillion years later or anything....
Isn’t she supposed to have her hair up and then let it loose when she takes off her glasses?
It makes me feel whorable.
This seems somehow appropriate to this thread:
Aristophanes: “Youth ages, Immaturity outgrown, Ignorance educated, Drunkenness sobered, But stupid….. Stupid lasts forever.”
My parents read books, I read books (and have written a few) and my adult kids read books. I read to them from the time they were very very young.
Last Christmas, my daughter gave my son a copy of a children’s book they had loved 40 years ago. And of course, they both got books from me.
Can’t imagine life without books.
This is not reading a book. I can only compare it to eating lunch that’s been eaten already by someone else...
I read books to my two daughters every night.
Now they are adults and always have to have a book with them.
There was a PSA some years ago - read to your children. I was reading to my children long before that, but maybe we should have that PSA again.
I turned in over 50 book reports in the 6th grade (1963). There’s nothing much better than a good book, a quiet room and a comfortable overstuffed chair. The dog and cat are welcome if they behave.
I guess that makes me a ‘book slut’......Would you like a book worm?
I hated that book (the real one). Kansas had its standards, and it was required reading for high school students. Well, we moved around a lot. So guess, what? I had to read that f’n book FOUR TIMES in high school! The first time I hated it. The second time I hated it even more. The third time eh. The fourth time, I LOVED IT! I think it finally sank in, lol.
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