barney_rebel Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 http://jezebel.com/5993011/12+year+old-south-bronx-girl-reads-300-books-a-year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 When I was 12 I read 120 books in July and August during summer break. I could of easily read 300 that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 if society would slow down, put away their cell phones, ipods, tablets....alot of people would be so bored we'd all read this much ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulfhrafnr Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Safer than going outside in the Bronx... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulfhrafnr Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 When I was 12 I read 120 books in July and August during summer break. I could of easily read 300 that year. When I was 12 I won a reading contest during the school year by reading 150 books in a month. I only won by 2 books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 did you guys actually read these books? and were these books longer than 10 pages each? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 This junior high kid I taught a couple of years ago was reading 4 or 5 books (a lot of classic literature in there) a day...but a large percentage of those were NOT in her native language of Japanese. Very impressive imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 did you guys actually read these books? and were these books longer than 10 pages each? They were chapter books from the library. Nothing big like the stuff I read now but lots of Goosebumps and Screechowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 "Choose your own adventure" books don't count :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGr8imL84AD8inF8sBlackSedan Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Poor kid. If only she knew of all the great TV shows she's missing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalyticalEngine Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 When I was in Jr. High School, the school made a contest to see who could read one million words (in books) per month for the entire year. It seemed a nice way to get young children to read. Unfortunately the school kept track of books through the ever so reliable honor system. I was a heavy reader compared to my colleges, and I read maybe 2 books a week if that, while other kids were reporting they read Erragon in a day, or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 When I was 12 I read 120 books in July and August during summer break. I could of easily read 300 that year. Were they these books? http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/roger-hargreaves/roger-hargreaves?store=allproducts&keyword=roger+hargreaves ;) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 When I was 12 I read 120 books in July and August during summer break. I could of easily read 300 that year. Were they these books? http://www.barnesand...oger hargreaves ;)When I was 12 I read 120 books in July and August during summer break. I could of easily read 300 that year. Were they these books? http://www.barnesand...oger hargreaves ;) My mom owns a daycare and has that complete series. I've read all of them when I was 8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 The fact that these kids aren't reading particularly sophisticated material isn't really important. The act of reading itself is preferable to sitting passively in front of a television. Nobody expects elementary school kids to read Tolstoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 The fact that these kids aren't reading particularly sophisticated material isn't really important. The act of reading itself is preferable to sitting passively in front of a television. Nobody expects elementary school kids to read Tolstoy. nowadays, no one expects high school kids to read tolstoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I've never heard of tolstoy until this thread. How am I expected to read a book I didn't know existed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I've never heard of tolstoy until this thread. How am I expected to read a book I didn't know existed? He wrote romance novels for bored Russian peasant women. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 The fact that these kids aren't reading particularly sophisticated material isn't really important. The act of reading itself is preferable to sitting passively in front of a television.Disagree here. Reading garbage is of less value than watching quality televised content. I believe a kid gets more out of a good History channel program than reading Twilight. "Film as text". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I've never heard of tolstoy until this thread. How am I expected to read a book I didn't know existed?That's somewhat the point. Your teachers should've at least challenged you with that. OR at the very least, they should've mentioned his huge impact on the literary world (and beyond) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The fact that these kids aren't reading particularly sophisticated material isn't really important. The act of reading itself is preferable to sitting passively in front of a television.Disagree here. Reading garbage is of less value than watching quality televised content. I believe a kid gets more out of a good History channel program than reading Twilight. "Film as text". I wouldn't argue that watching an educational television program is a better choice than reading a bad book, but generally speaking reading is a more productive use of time than watching television. It's a more mentally challenging activity and helps develop writing and concentration skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 The fact that these kids aren't reading particularly sophisticated material isn't really important. The act of reading itself is preferable to sitting passively in front of a television.Disagree here. Reading garbage is of less value than watching quality televised content. I believe a kid gets more out of a good History channel program than reading Twilight. "Film as text". I wouldn't argue that watching an educational television program is a better choice than reading a bad book, but generally speaking reading is a more productive use of time than watching television. It's a more mentally challenging activity and helps develop writing and concentration skills.Agreed. I do think there's been a trend toward more useless literature for kids, which is a shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jruiz2112 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 wow! wonder if she can remember all of what she's reading..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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