tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31042697.post2520256351778368304..comments2023-10-12T11:03:22.544-05:00Comments on StarvingWriteNow: StarvingWriteNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569580787956358575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31042697.post-15618451964601454092007-02-22T14:11:00.000-05:002007-02-22T14:11:00.000-05:00That's one main reason I homeschooled my kids. We...That's one main reason I homeschooled my kids. We spent a lot of time reading any books we could get our hands on. When my kids went to school (once they reached high school), then couldn't believe how bad the reading levels were in school. They were looked at as the "smart ones" because they could read so well and think for themselves. It's sad.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed your rant. :)Brenda Oighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301347339001367555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31042697.post-28211022135014047552007-02-20T10:41:00.000-05:002007-02-20T10:41:00.000-05:00Levels are ridiculous. There's lots of leveling i...Levels are ridiculous. There's lots of leveling in piano books, and what one publisher puts in level 3, another puts in level 6. <BR/><BR/>All it serves to do is take kids six years or more to be able to do what my kids can do in two years. I don't <I>do</I> levels.Spy Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299551957327543491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31042697.post-3539826482808933242007-02-16T16:41:00.000-05:002007-02-16T16:41:00.000-05:00How sad. This kinda happened to me growing up. I...How sad. This kinda happened to me growing up. In fact, I think it's why I came to romance late. (I was lucky enough to have a wide variety of books available that I wasn't censored from, so I always had a love of reading and no shortage of "good" books to read.)<BR/>When my cousins were starting junior high and reading Sweet Valley High books, my parents told me they were too grown-up for me. (My cousins are 6 months to a year older than me, both chronologically and in maturity level.) The next thing I knew, I was graduating high school still thinking I was too young for them, and that any books with grown-up sexual tension were bad. <BR/><BR/>I don't have kids of my own, but I hope I don't coddle them so much that I stifle their desire to learn and keep them from deciding for themselves what they like and don't like.Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363215253102968043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31042697.post-57985745142110574962007-02-16T14:51:00.000-05:002007-02-16T14:51:00.000-05:00Bypass the school library. Go to the public one, o...Bypass the school library. Go to the public one, or the (gasp!) bookstore.<BR/><BR/>I know educators have to have some kind of standard so they can compare our kids against the national average, and brag on it when they want us to pony up more tax money.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.com