RE: Unpopular opinion alert: I don't think schools should focus on reading

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Oct 23, 2018
2:21:05pm

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Unpopular opinion alert: I don't think schools should focus on reading books.

Supercoug [censored]

10/23/18 2:03pm

Hmmm, I don’t like your opinion.

Paco

10/23/18 2:04pm

That pretty much proves my point.

Supercoug

10/23/18 2:05pm

Except the part where you are wrong. Reading books is still relevant.

TailgateU

10/24/18 8:58am

I was going to explain why, but figured you only read subject lines.

Paco

10/23/18 2:05pm

And let's face it, books are the boring version of movies, anyway.

Supercoug

10/23/18 2:06pm

Nope. Watch the movie Unbroken, then read the book after. Then repeat with

BlooCoog

10/23/18 3:12pm

even then, better to learn emojis than words

Mike Honcho

10/23/18 2:06pm

I do agree. I struggle with emojis, and if that had been part of my formal education I think I would have saved a lot of

Supercoug

10/23/18 2:07pm

That actually makes a lot of sense. I agree. Universal language

cougfanz

10/23/18 2:07pm

👆👍

Mike Honcho

10/23/18 2:09pm

Modern hieroglyphics

Misteak

10/23/18 2:10pm

I'm a hack.

mightybrick

10/23/18 2:21pm

How would you say that in our new symbol-based language?

Misteak

10/23/18 2:29pm

Let's just go fully to hieroglyphics

mightybrick

10/23/18 2:20pm

I’ll take a kid that reads avidly from a young age over almost anyone

cougfanz

10/23/18 2:07pm

Father Abraham

10/23/18 2:07pm

It's what plants crave

mightybrick

10/23/18 2:21pm

Also, why do we even bother with spelling quizzes in elementary schools? What a waste when you have spellcheck.

Supercoug

10/23/18 2:08pm

I actually agree with this.

NoOneOfConsequence

10/23/18 2:16pm

Because their our many errors that spellcheck doesn't catch and that's why many

mannheimadler

10/23/18 2:34pm

They don't teach kids how to use abacusesusesuses anymore?

Heavily MeDeekated

10/23/18 2:09pm

I had a number of college students who didn't read. Let's just say it produces

Still Open

10/23/18 2:09pm

Just hoping this is satire.

Capricious Cougar

10/23/18 2:10pm

I'm an English teacher.

Jeffacka

10/23/18 2:12pm

RE: Unpopular opinion alert: I don't think schools should focus on reading

spoxjox

10/23/18 2:12pm

I'm all for reading, it's critical, but how about dropping all foreign language classes and adding things like

Kilikili

10/23/18 2:13pm

I don't like that most districts have the foreign language requirement.

Jeffacka

10/23/18 2:15pm

Even if they don’t master the language, it’s useful to be exposed to other

Capricious Cougar

10/23/18 2:20pm

I like what learning a foreign language does to brain power.

Belboz

10/23/18 2:29pm

Yeah personal finance & practical courses like that are super important; in Utah

BlooCoog

10/23/18 3:21pm

I think there is a book about that but I didn’t read it

TomPetty

10/23/18 2:14pm

Shakespeare in emojis is 🙂

CougarMandias

10/23/18 2:16pm

🙂 🙁 😉 🙁 🙁 😉 🙁 🙂

spoxjox

10/23/18 2:20pm

the answer is still no, Juliet.

CougarMandias

10/23/18 2:42pm

Well, those are the same as reading books, so while I disagree with your title

Plato

10/23/18 2:18pm

Too many confuse "education" with "training"

Greg Kite's 'stache

10/23/18 2:20pm

^^Amen.

Hoss Bonaventure

10/23/18 2:24pm

RE: Unpopular opinion alert: I don't think schools should focus on reading

CanuckUte

10/23/18 2:21pm

I think reading books is more important than ever.

Belboz

10/23/18 2:21pm

I'm glad this has no application to modern social or political thought.

spoxjox

10/23/18 2:23pm

TLDR

yahtzee

10/23/18 2:24pm

We should cut math too. All you really need to know is how to use a calculator.

John Doe

10/23/18 2:26pm

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CocaColaRecovery

10/23/18 2:26pm

Trig on a sliderule was a GOOD thing! You could physically see what a

relic

10/23/18 2:27pm

....or learning for that matter

Borg

10/23/18 2:38pm

You can feast upon the written word I. Ways that require way too much rewinding and pausing of audio.

Misteak

10/23/18 3:00pm

Are you using a Walkman or something?

Supercoug

10/23/18 3:03pm

This is a short-sighted view and does not factor in that critical thinking

BlooCoog

10/23/18 3:09pm

It has been quite a while since schools have required the reading of many books.

TomPetty

10/23/18 3:22pm

My biggest beef is when they don’t let students use calculators

MagicHappen$

10/23/18 4:08pm

Whoever wants to develop their brain.

j20

10/24/18 10:14am

Makes sense

MagicHappen$

10/24/18 10:39am

That only works for some people. Some people learn more by reading than hearing

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