A third of high school graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates, never read a book after they finish school.
This is very scary but very true. Unfortunately.
When I was in high school, my dad gave me a book he’d read while he was enlisted and stationed in Korea. I was shocked. In my entire life, I’d never seen my father crack anything more weighty than a newspaper. To be honest, up until that point, I was half convinced that he couldn’t.
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BECAUSE SCHOOL TURNS US OFF TO BOOKS!!! EEEEEHHH No, I need to start reading more fo shooo
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For me this has been the complete opposite. Since graduating, I’ve read more books now than I ever read when I was...
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This is distressing.
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OMG! WHAT THE CRAP IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I blame the school system. They insist on making us read the ‘classic’ books from a very young age. Books like Cry, The...
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citizen. It shows...profound lack of intelletual curiosity among adults
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BUT WHYYYY??!?!?! T_T
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PWK, whom I hear goes ‘all...way,’ pulled Chris Hedges’ quote:
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This is horribly unbelievable.
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All I kept thinking while I read this
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day after I graduated I thought to myself: What now? So I went...bookstore, bought some...
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Um. That’s seriously one of the saddest things I’ve heard!
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me. I cannnot imagine not reading. I wish...there were more hours
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In my classes full of FUTURE ENGLISH TEACHERS, many say they don’t read outside of classwork. Want
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mufti:emilyposts: This is the scariest thing to...lover, a book writer (in dreams),
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I can’t get my head around that.
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This is scary. I’m very fortunate to grow up in a household that loves books. At first Mom and Dad were too busy to read...
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Yeah, I don’t read so many books as I used to. I’m getting more into writing mine, though.
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Ugh. Not reading is completely unimaginable to me. I truly cannot remember the last time I wasn’t reading...
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When I was in high school, my dad gave me a book he’d read while he was enlisted and stationed in Korea. I was shocked....
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wouldn’t be able...survive without books…that makes
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