And why don’t they read? Because they don’t know how, and several years ago a CA state education official admitted that his state did a lousy job of teaching kids to read.
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“And why don’t they read? Because they don’t know how, and several years ago a CA state education official admitted that his state did a lousy job of teaching kids to read.”
Many are not good readers, that’s true. I think the problem is worse than a mechanics problem, however. In other words, they could become better readers soon enough if they CHOOSE to read. They simply see no reason to do it. Reading is for those who have no video games, I guess.