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Valves, Valvoline, and singing circuits
Valves, Valvoline, and singing circuits
I borrowed Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk from the library. “I want to learn more about our next president,” I told the librarian. She laughed.
I borrowed Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk from the library. “I want to learn more about our next president,” I told the librarian. She laughed.
#reading#writing
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Valves, Valvoline, and singing circuits
Fourteen lines? tl;dr
Fourteen lines? tl;dr
“Daniel Shore, the chair of Georgetown’s English department, told me that his students have trouble staying focused on even a sonnet”: from an Atlantic article by Rose Horowitch, “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books.”
#academia#college#reading#teaching
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Fourteen lines? tl;dr
“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
Listening to podcasts and watching YouTube videos — two suggestions offered in this podcast — don’t replace the work (and joy) of reading. Podcasts and YouTube videos might, on occasion, supplement the work (and joy) of reading in worthwhile ways. But without the reading, what’s the point? If instructors are unwilling to assign “an entire novel,” exactly what are podcasts and YouTube videos supposed to be supplementing? And what happens when the work of listening and watching becomes odious?
#academia#college#reading#teaching
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“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
FSRC: annual report
FSRC: annual report
The Four Seasons Reading Club, our household’s two-person adventure in reading, has finished its ninth year.
#reading#books
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FSRC: annual report
Reading or not in college
Reading or not in college
The limited ability of many students to read and write about complex or lengthy texts is a sad and still largely unacknowledged fact of college life.
#college#reading
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Reading or not in college
“Decline by 9”
“Decline by 9”
In “Not Lost in a Book” (Slate ), Dan Kois writes about a decline in children’s reading.
#books#reading
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“Decline by 9”
Investing in reading
Investing in reading
“A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading": from The New York Times.
#literacy#reading
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Investing in reading
NYRB sale
NYRB sale
The Four Seasons Reading Club placed an order this afternoon for Anton Chekhov, Helen Keller, and Jean Stafford.
#books#reading
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NYRB sale
Reading in Massachusetts
Reading in Massachusetts
“Lost in a world of words” is the first in a series of articles about the state of reading instruction in the state of Massachusetts.
#literacy#reading
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Reading in Massachusetts