Thursday, December 18, 2008

IT'S TIME OUR CHILDREN LEARNED TO READ

It is shameful that there are so many illiterate young people that are graduating high school and cannot read or write at a fourth grade level. Who is responsible for this outrage? How is this acceptable? Where are the parents? Don't you want your kids to do well in life? Sure you live busy lives, everybody does. If you do not sit down with your children and make them read every day, you are dooming them to a life of frustration and failure. From that very first report card that shows your child is struggling in reading, you should make it your top priority to spend time talking to the teacher to find out how you can help. What could be more important? You can always find a 30 minute time period to spend with your child reading to you. Get them excited at an early age about reading. What are their favorite things? Get them books about their interests. Show them how being able to read will expand their world. Feed their curiosity about life by showing them how to find out more. You don't need a fancy computer for your child. Abe Lincoln fed his curiosity by reading books by fireplace light. A young generation of imaginative readers will enable this country to remain the great country it is.
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  1. CFS FactsDecember 18, 2008 at 11:25 PM

    In our family, we've recently been through the discussion that the only thing the young'un wants to read is fluff, and I flatly refused to buy the requested magazine subscription. Yes, any kind of reading is better than no reading, but I was not going to encourage reading celebrity gossip. I spent more money buying some interesting and age-appropriate books.

    I've taken my share of insults as a "f***ing know-it-all" from people who don't understand that they, too, could know just as much, if they'd turn off the soap operas and turn on PBS/CNN/Discovery/History Channel. Put down the Harlequin novels and pick up a real-life love story; there are plenty of biographies about couples who were truly devoted to each other.

    But apparently nowadays it's more important to be mediocre than to be well-read.

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