Good Afternoon, Gentle Readers!
I considered leaving off the Image Of The Day to help make my point, but at the last instant I thought of this one which I titled Ocean Of Fire.
What would the world be like if no one wrote, or read any more? After some of the things I have read- or attempted to read- in assorted forums, I fear we are going to find out.
We now have adults out there who simply cannot read. They've never picked up Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn to enter a world of life far different from their own, adults who can't spell when they wish to ask a question. It's not necessarily that these people can't learn: It's simply that they were never really taught. They were in school when the battle cry was to protect the child's self-esteem. Unfortunately, that meant that a lot of them were passed on to the next grade without the knowledge that would help them deal with the Real World, though they can text message at the speed of light and have reflexes that would make fighter pilots of old envious.
If this trend is not reversed now, not just the country but perhaps the world will be at the mercy of tyrants and terrorists. As it is, much history stands to be lost because people simply will not understand what is really at their fingertips.
Until we meet again, Gentle Readers.
Interesting and very provocative post!
ReplyDeleteI've always loved reading (well nto always but for most of my life anyway...) There's nothing like a good book to take you to a far-away land or expose you to new ideas. Books are truly magical and powerful things: too bad so many people have forgoten that.
I find it sad that fewer and fewer people seem to have the interest (or ability to read.) Sadly, some of the blame can be laid on the computer and the rise of instant messaging. Nobody has TIME (or wants to take time) away from other things to simply read. How sad.
Too bad we'll pay the price later...