How to improve our kids' reading skills.

[toobfreak]

You're feeding a troll -- the village idiot. I've not once seen a positive or informative post from Unkatore. He's a narcissist high on his own, feigned "intellect."

That is curiously perceptive, Sax.

 

[SaxonJackson]

I learned how to read in school in the 1980s. I guess schools now are not as good as they were in the past.

There's been a steady "dumbing down" process at play for decades. Back in my day, an exceptional student could earn a spot on the "Honor Roll." The list was published for all to see as a reward for students to worked hard and reached a higher level than other students. The parents might receive a bumper sticker advertising their child's accomplishment.

But the woke crowd came along and decided that rewarding excellence might hurt some kids feelings so the Honor Roll system was dismantled and the curriculum dumbed down so that everyone (even the dumbest kids) could get an A.

 

[Rodimus]

There's been a steady "dumbing down" process at play for decades. Back in my day, an exceptional student could earn a spot on the "Honor Roll." The list was published for all to see as a reward for students to worked hard and reached a higher level than other students. The parents might receive a bumper sticker advertising their child's accomplishment.

But the woke crowd came along and decided that rewarding excellence might hurt some kids feelings so the Honor Roll system was dismantled and the curriculum dumbed down so that everyone could get an A.

I came to the United States at age 5 from South Korea and learned English in school. I said to myself that I would never be able to read and I eventually learned how to read in English thanks to my teachers in the 1980s. Thank you teachers!

 

[SaxonJackson]

I came to the United States at age 5 from South Korea and learned English in school. I said to myself that I would never be able to read and I eventually learned how to read in English thanks to my teachers in the 1980s. Thank you teachers!

Interestingly, some of the finest literature known to mankind was written long before modern teaching methods became a "progressive" reality. Shakespeare, Poe, Twain, Dickens, Frost, etc.

 

[Unkotare]

I came to the United States at age 5 from South Korea and learned English in school. I said to myself that I would never be able to read and I eventually learned how to read in English thanks to my teachers in the 1980s. Thank you teachers!

One of my best friends came here from South Korea at the age of 12. He is a successful, experienced doctor with five great children.

 

[DGS49]

I have no recollection of learning to read. What I do remember is how, when reading at an early age, I reacted to words and things I didn't understand. We had an old dictionary in the dining room (where we did our studying), and I clearly remember looking up words, and the DEFINITIONS included words that I didn't understand either, forcing me to look up THOSE words, and so on. It was very frustrating, but I always got to the point where I understood the basic material. Looking back, I wonder how many kids are willing to pursue the things they don't understand, and how many kids just say, "Fcuk it," and continue reading.

Adults too, of course.

 

[Unkotare]

...how many kids just say, "Fcuk it," and continue reading.

...

Actually, there is something to be said for that as well.

 

[Woodznutz]

I can only tell you what worked best for me.

I sharpened my reading skills best when my older brother gave me his old Playboy magazines at the age of eleven and told me to go read them in my bedroom.

Man, I learned them books from cover to cover. My mom used to have to pound on my door just to get me to come out to eat my dinner.

They did have some good 'articles'.

My older brother had every copy from the lst through many years. He kept them in pristine condition. He eventually got tired of having them around and set all of them out for trash collection. A few years later he learned that the older copies had become valuable to collectors (I think they still are). Boy, was he pissed.

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[Woodznutz]

I cannot imagine not knowing how to read. I pray for these young students. Thank you for your concern and care about our young kids.

A youngster was asked which he liked better, movies or books? "Books", he replied. "The pictures are better."