We live in a world where literacy remains one of the most powerful and necessary skills that we can ever acquire but boy, does it sometimes seem like people don’t take it seriously sometimes. While this is kind of to be expected by those who claim to hate reading, the joys of content creator niches …
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25+ Book Memes for Fiction Lovers on the Right Side of BookTok
When did reading become a… trend? I don’t know why or how, but I’m kind of glad it did. Folks all over the internet are bonding over their favorite page-turners, and forming little online communities around the novels they love. People are buying Kindles at a breakneck pace and even getting accessories to trick them …
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Free schooling mom boasts about 6-year-old son spelling 3 letter words by himself: ‘People should not be allowed to homeschool their kids’
It should not be controversial to say that education is a human right every kid deserves. While it’s true that there are some lessons that we will only learn from the school of life, reading, writing, and arithmetic are foundational building blocks that most children are going to need support to understand. Unfortunately, though, not …
Seguir leyendo Free schooling mom boasts about 6-year-old son spelling 3 letter words by himself: ‘People should not be allowed to homeschool their kids’
Educated adults worry that ‘reading and writing on a normal level’ is becoming a thing of the past for Gen Alpha: ‘The literacy level has dropped so much in last ten years’
The whole goal of school is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. The bare bones of knowledge. But now, according to some pundits on Twitter, some of that is starting to disappear. We all know that social media is dwindling our attention spans and the proliferation of user-friendly AI has made it easier to cheat, …
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Unschooler mom doesn’t teach 8-year-old daughter to read, assumed that she would organically learn how on her own: ‘A reading tutor expressed her disappointment that I missed the window and now my child will struggle’
There are some things that don’t need to be taught in a school setting. For instance, every human being, barring severe delays, will learn how to speak. It is ingrained into our brains to learn how to speak our native language, even if we don’t receive any formal education. If you attend a prestigious preschool …
Seguir leyendo Unschooler mom doesn’t teach 8-year-old daughter to read, assumed that she would organically learn how on her own: ‘A reading tutor expressed her disappointment that I missed the window and now my child will struggle’
‘People my age act like youre a wizard if you have hobbies beyond Hulu’: Hobbyists share what hobbies people over 25 can do besides drinking and going to the gym
As you grow older, the hobbies that used to shape your life tend to fall away. This could be for money reasons (those oil paints aren’t going to pay for themselves), getting embarrassed (it’s not cute to be a 40-year-old open mic comedian in a Rust Belt city), or truly aging out of things (once …
Seguir leyendo ‘People my age act like youre a wizard if you have hobbies beyond Hulu’: Hobbyists share what hobbies people over 25 can do besides drinking and going to the gym
‘It’s more consuming than reading’: Woman shares cozy aesthetic reading routine, is dragged and accused of overconsumption
If TikTok is good for one thing, it’s taking everyday activities and giving them ‘aesthetic’ rebrands. Think of all the kitchen restock videos that have cropped up lately, where a simple grocery store run turns into treating your fridge like you’re the office manager of a high-budget tech company. Or the aesthetic shower videos, where folks show off their museum-like body …
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A Shelf Full of Book Memes for Wholesome Bookworms and Local Librarians
Much like a meme, a book is a portal to another world. You can get lost for hours and hours in it, letting it expand your world one word at a time. The same is true of our meme lists. So it follows that a meme list about books is double magic and a surefire …
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Homeschool mom asks niece to teach illiterate 9-year-old daughter who can’t add single digit numbers: ‘I don’t think 4 hours once a week is enough at all’
One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
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Author criticizes reader for borrowing his book from the library: ‘It’s even better when you buy, not borrow, your copy’
I don’t think there are any institutions closer to universal goods than libraries. They provide a space for people of all ages to congregate for free and give them the resources necessary to better themselves. I spent so much of my time in high school and college in school libraries, and I was so much …
Seguir leyendo Author criticizes reader for borrowing his book from the library: ‘It’s even better when you buy, not borrow, your copy’