What books are you currently reading?
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If you aren’t reading, why?
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If you aren’t reading, why?
You seem all alone Matthias.
I don't do much reading anymore...can't concentrate.
Don't know what the problem is....it's not medical.
But I'll tell you a couple of books I liked a lot when I used to read a lot.
(maybe I'll live 3.5 years longer!!)
Mere Christianity
The Screwtape Letters
Same author....purely by happenchance.
I used to teach kids our faith.
I would obligate them all to read the Screwtape Letters, but I'm not in charge and, boy, do parents get upset if you try to do something different.
I think it's a great book for pre-teens or teens -- just when they begin to become atheist.
What do you think?
I don't do much reading anymore...can't concentrate.
Don't know what the problem is....it's not medical.
But I'll tell you a couple of books I liked a lot when I used to read a lot.
(maybe I'll live 3.5 years longer!!)
Mere Christianity
The Screwtape Letters
Same author....purely by happenchance.
I used to teach kids our faith.
I would obligate them all to read the Screwtape Letters, but I'm not in charge and, boy, do parents get upset if you try to do something different.
I think it's a great book for pre-teens or teens -- just when they begin to become atheist.
What do you think?
Things aren’t always what they seem to be. I’m surrounded by damaged and hurting people.
C.S. Lewis
I think everyone would benefit by reading widely, deeply, thoughtfully and critically. Above all, by reading the Bible.
Even if only a few minutes every day.
I’m a slow reader. Always have been and, I guess, always will be.
Before Covid, I volunteered in public schools helping children who were struggling to read to improve their reading.
Where I live the public library has a reading program for children that rewards them for reading 1,000 books before entering Kindergarten. We read over 10,000 books to my grandson before he entered Kindergarten. The library also had a reading program - which was discontinued when the government shut down so many many activities during the Covid pandemic - that I worked volunteer, reading one on one with children who participated. That program lead me to privately tutoring young children, at no cost, who had trouble learning to read. It was gratifying work. (I sometimes run into children I’ve helped in the past. They often don’t remember my name and call me “the reading man.”)
Do the libraries or schools in Tuscany have volunteer programs like that @GodsGrace?
Do the libraries or schools in Tuscany have volunteer programs like that @GodsGrace?
I meant on this thread....not in general.
I'm sure you're not alone in the real world.
Many needy persons out there.
Agreed. But other books have influenced me greatly also.
No matter the speed !
Just do it !
I did this in a public elementary school where I lived in Whitestone NY many years ago.
Anything helps, I think. You don't have to be a big expert to help out little kids....a nice attitude and some little knowledge will do.
I think 1,000 is a lot! But my 2 children were reading by the age of 3.
Dr. Seuss was a favorite.
The Bernstein Bears.
The rhyming made it easier to learn.
Great idea for the kindergarteners there.
The love for reading has to be nourished....
And I mean REAL books...not kindle books.
Right. A lot of what was being done before that just ended.
Never started up again.
Wonderful !
Make God's Kingdom here a better place.
Oh my. I could spend an hour answering this.
Short answer: No.
Different culture M. Parents are not SUPPOSED to teach their kids....TEACHERS are supposed to do that!!
Could you imagine having PARENTS in schools helping kids!!
May it never be!!
LOL (well, actually, not so funny).
No. But I do have to admit that it's very easy to learn Italian.
It's a phonetic language so kids know how to read it almost immediately once they know all the letters of the alphabet.
English is difficult since each word has to be learned individually.
You can tell if a person has had a good education by how they express themselves, the words they use...
but there's no "street" Italian....except for some expressions.
Different world over here.
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