Our kids are losing their ability of free thinking which is characterised by reading. They get too wrapped up in games, movies, mobile phones and - don't say it -
Thoughts, facts, figures on reading
- Today's 8- to 18-year-old's spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes using entertainment media across a typical day — or more than 53 hours a week.
- Over the past five years, time spent reading books remained steady at about 25 minutes a day. Time with magazines and newspapers dropped from 14 minutes to 9 minutes a day for magazines and from 6 minutes to 3 minutes a day for newspapers.
- The proportion of young people who read a newspaper in a typical day dropped from 42 percent in 1999 to 23 percent in 2009. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- More than three out of four of those who are on welfare are illiterate. (Washington Literacy Council)
Now a few famous and infamous quotes on reading:
"A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others." — Abraham Lincoln"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss
"The greatest gift is a passion for reading." — Elizabeth Hardwick
"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance." — Confucius
"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." — Harry S Truman
"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." — Jacqueline Kennedy
"Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship." — Kofi Annan
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