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(14,136 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:32 PM Yesterday

Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all]

was taken up with a discussion of what that means. A math teacher at the table said that some of her kids have never read a book. I have an 11 year old granddaughter who won't read anything that isn't on a screen.

I am at a loss to know what is going on here.

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Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all] Raven Yesterday OP

I don't know how to fix it. LisaM Yesterday #1

When I was a kid I LIVED to read, but had friends who never cracked open a book. 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #2

I did also; I remember many a night babylonsister Yesterday #3

I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #17

I learned to read at the age of four because my older siblings wearied of reading to me. So they taught me to read. Ping Tung Yesterday #7

Of course. He loves the uneducated because easier to screw over SheltieLover Yesterday #11

As long as books are available on computer screens malaise Yesterday #4

I believe Dems should initiate a huge literacy project SheltieLover Yesterday #12

Good idea malaise Yesterday #14

But it would cost nothing SheltieLover Yesterday #20

You are correct malaise Yesterday #21

Ty for validating my gut feeling. SheltieLover Yesterday #22

My local "Neighbors"website proves to me every day Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #28

It's sad malaise 23 hrs ago #30

Gawd... these folks I'm talking about have zero tech skills SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #49

Good Luck with that - womanofthehills 23 hrs ago #44

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I do wonder about that malaise 23 hrs ago #29

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Way wider than that malaise 23 hrs ago #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 21 hrs ago #59

No coincidence malaise 21 hrs ago #61

Read "One Second After" or "Lights Out" johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 23 hrs ago #47

Exactly! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #51

So true. efhmc 23 hrs ago #40

My tablet has rescued canetoad 23 hrs ago #42

If you think kids are reading books on their phones and tablets, you're kidding yourselves Ex Lurker 21 hrs ago #58

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It gets worse Ex Lurker 20 hrs ago #66

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I don't see how "privilege" comes into it. If kids don't want to read, it doesn't mean Scrivener7 Yesterday #5

Right? I suppose you could say they since the privilege of refusing to read Iris Yesterday #15

In the sense that reading takes time, focus and mental energy meadowlander 23 hrs ago #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 21 hrs ago #63

When our son was growing up, UpInArms Yesterday #6

When I was a kid I read nonstop milestogo Yesterday #8

I still read nonstop SheltieLover Yesterday #13

My mother instilled a love of reading in me and I was reading any time I wasn't drawing. Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #32

I wasn't allowed to watch much TV Skittles 18 hrs ago #69

It sounds like your dinner party lacked a historian or sociologist... PeaceWave Yesterday #9

As a creative, I don't think the drive to create subsides Arazi 23 hrs ago #43

Another tendency that I believe to be evidenced by history snot 21 hrs ago #56

If the child is reading a screen they are reading sarisataka Yesterday #10

I think whis is what I'm worried about. I know this is happening where I live. The kids are Raven Yesterday #16

+1. meadowlander 23 hrs ago #39

What's going on here? Technology is what's going on here. A lot of things have moved onto the Internet, SWBTATTReg Yesterday #18

E- books Timewas Yesterday #19

I think digital vs. hard copy books each have their own advantages snot 21 hrs ago #57

It's Not Universal ProfessorGAC Yesterday #23

As a 1963 high school graduate, I remember pretty well that about MineralMan Yesterday #24

Much ado xuplate 23 hrs ago #25

Not that much different than when i was a kid Buckeyeblue 23 hrs ago #26

I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't yellowdogintexas 23 hrs ago #46

My daughter is a reader. My son not so much Buckeyeblue 20 hrs ago #65

It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information. LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #31

Maybe books are. But reading is reading. Iggo 23 hrs ago #34

Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice. RockRaven 23 hrs ago #35

For kids, privileges should be earned based on how many books you read bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #36

"What is going on here?" Nothing big.....just the end of civilization. Sarcasm not intended. albacore 23 hrs ago #38

Bingo! This is exactly what worries me. And I'm talking about reading to acquire knowledge, not just to Raven 21 hrs ago #64

Posts on social media....and even DU ... have to be short. Otherwise..."TLDR".. albacore 14 hrs ago #72

...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55 FirstLight 23 hrs ago #48

Most people learn to read in public school - TBF 23 hrs ago #50

brains developed post internet creation BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #52

It's very true sagetea 23 hrs ago #53

Reading is reading Jilly_in_VA 22 hrs ago #54

I read both book and screen. Xolodno 22 hrs ago #55

The problem Rebl2 21 hrs ago #60

so often this is what I see Skittles 18 hrs ago #68

Reading is not a privilege. Reading is a skill that takes years to develop. It helps if you grow up in a family where Martin68 17 hrs ago #70

lots of "reading a screen is just like reading a book" opinions, but this is not the case -- reflective vs projective 0rganism 16 hrs ago #71

Smart phones are becoming a cancer on society iemanja 14 hrs ago #73