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[Ian FG]

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[Steve Walker]

DavyR:

Nice to hear that someone else has lots of books! Most people's houses I go into seem to have none at all...  

Marry an English graduate with a similar attitude to never throwing books away, and it's inevitable.

 

I've still got textbooks from my own degree, some of which (the biochemistry shelf-buster for example) I don't think I even read at the time.

[Andrew Boyd]

As part of my job I sometimes have to visit clients in their homes.

 

It is sad but the number of families, with children, that have no books whatsoever, if fact nothing to read at all, no papers, no magazines,is quite large.

When the kid's reach 11 and still can't read it's all the teacher's fault. Sorry to get slightly of the subject but why can't anyone say that truth - the quality of parenthood these days is shocking and the parents must take responsability instead of blameing everyone but themselves.

 

ps: Steve I'll be round to collect something to read for my forthcoming holiday!

pps Steve . . do you work for Glaxo Welcome by any chance?

[peter mccue]

Very sad indeed Andrew, these kids are denied access to a whole world of information, absorbing stories, other peoples lives, in fact a large area of human connection.

 

Your apportioning of the blame is spot on, bad parenting...& it's always somebody elses fault!!

[Steve Walker]

Andrew Boyd:

pps Steve  . . do you work for Glaxo Welcome by any chance?

Nah, I'm an ex-aquatic biologist turned IT bod. Science is more fun, but it isn't well paid.

 

The biochemistry textbook is from an arse-numbingly boring course I was made to do during my first degree.

[Steve Walker]

Andrew Boyd:

It is sad but the number of families, with children, that have no books whatsoever, if fact nothing to read at all, no papers, no magazines,is quite large.

Very sad. Being able to read before they start school gives kids a huge head start, and the only way to really learn to read (and, more importantly, to write) is to read for pleasure.

 

I bet they've all got playstations or televisions in their bedrooms, though.

[Mat Hillman]

Andrew Boyd:

As part of my job I sometimes have to visit clients in their homes.

 

It is sad but the number of families, with children, that have no books whatsoever, if fact nothing to read at all, no papers, no magazines,is quite large.

I find that very sad, my two kids (5 and 2) look forward to storytime every evening, some nights they take longer over deciding which book to read than it takes us to read it

 

BTW any parents of preschoolers out there that don't already have it, treat the kids to a copy of "The Gruffalo" - that one book has done more for my older boys reading than a years worth of "educational" books his reception class teacher keeps sending home!

 

Mat