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Young people reading a lot less
The Boston Globe ^
| Nov 19, 2007
| David Mehegan
Posted on 11/19/2007 5:08:44 AM PST by upchuck
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Comment #41 Removed by Moderator
To: cinives
bt on th Inet u dnt need 2 spel.
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posted on
11/19/2007 7:51:57 AM PST
by
bannie
To: BobS
In the 8th grade I read the World Book Encyclopedia for fun, & did not live that down till after graduation...
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posted on
11/19/2007 7:53:46 AM PST
by
TMSuchman
(American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
To: upchuck
And, this is a surprise to whom?
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posted on
11/19/2007 8:22:27 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: bannie
LOL - but you do outside of IM
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:35:15 AM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Man50D
I cee you ar a fello graduat of the Evelyn Woodhead Sped Reddin Korse.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:36:37 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
I am a voracious reader. I read with my kids from the time they were old enough to enjoy it.. Now they read for pleasure all the time. My one rule was that I never said no to buying a book if they wanted to read it. Now they recommend books to me and I recommend books to them. Reading is the most fundemental skill they need for success and both my kids are doing great.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:42:33 AM PST
by
lawdave
To: Berlin_Freeper
My oldest daughter, you would have to drag her into the book store kicking and screaming. She’s extremely intelligent, but she hates reading.
My youngest daughter called me last night while she was in Books a Million. She was all excited because she bought 10 books for $35. Her bedroom is wall to wall books right now. I guarantee she’ll have bookshelves lining the walls when she gets old.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:46:39 AM PST
by
Elyse
(I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
To: cinives
Sigh...I know. I’m not a “natural speller,” so I’ve spent years building an intimate relationship with my dictionary.
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posted on
11/19/2007 10:47:50 AM PST
by
bannie
To: Elyse
That’s why God made libraries.
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posted on
11/19/2007 10:49:30 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I have known old people that had bookshelves all along their walls. Those days are long gone.For some, perhaps.
Everyone in my family is *still* in a perpetual state of having more books than bookshelves...
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posted on
11/19/2007 10:53:11 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 39362/50000])
To: bannie
I don’t know if this will help but restudy your phonetic principles and spelling will become a lot easier.
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posted on
11/19/2007 12:21:30 PM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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