tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post6424654862631389546..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Why Americans Need to Read More BooksJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34560195313705035792013-10-21T14:57:34.138-04:002013-10-21T14:57:34.138-04:00Steve, that's an interesting point. I do think...Steve, that's an interesting point. I do think that the media which have crept to the forefront--tv, games, etc.--can still elicit creativity from young people. My sons are HUGE fans of video games, and they spend more time looking at the screen than they do looking at books.<br /><br />However, they do read when a book captures their imagination (the trick is getting them to try it), and Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-33079945877293972452013-10-21T14:53:50.371-04:002013-10-21T14:53:50.371-04:00Good question, Sheila. I do have students who get ...Good question, Sheila. I do have students who get SO lost in books that they carry the "forbidden" books into class and try to read them during lectures. We also have a thriving library at our school that sponsors many reading programs and really shows that students, when encouraged, love reading.<br /><br />BUT I don't know that we are in the majority in terms of how much we Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13654243468767735282013-10-21T12:56:02.516-04:002013-10-21T12:56:02.516-04:00Hi Julia,
I echo your concern. To answer Sheila, ...Hi Julia,<br />I echo your concern. To answer Sheila, there's an emphasis on the solo and the passive in our culture nowadays--TV, DVRs, movies, many video games, etc--while previous generations had more human contact and were more inventive about their entertainment.<br />Sure, reading is a bit passive, but most authors expect their readers to participate in the creative process. Avid Steven M. Moorehttp://stevenmmoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-51256193823074567552013-10-21T07:56:10.883-04:002013-10-21T07:56:10.883-04:00What I find troubling is not so much that people d...What I find troubling is not so much that people don't pick up a book and read, to check it off their to-do list, but that they apparently lack the ability to get lost in a book, to be able to visualize what the author has set down. Call it imagination, if you want. If children don't possess this capability, how can they feel any empathy for others? How can the foresee alternative Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com