What counts as reading?
Hi friends,
I wrote about reading, and the way turning reading into achievement or virtue leads to strange ideas about fake and real reading. It's a beef I've had for a while (a long, long while), though some recent conversations about fake writing helped me put the ideas together.
What counts as reading? Reading rainbow trout entrails
I was forbidden to learn to read before I went to school, lest I get too bored in the initial years, become habituated to goofing off, and fail to develop good study habits. This, the family legend goes, was the fate of my uncle, who, being the youngest child, learned to read from his siblings and by the time he went to school, had nothing to learn, and became a poor student as a result. He got so bored he could never focus. Solution: no reading for preschool AK! My parents refused to teach me. My grandparents were forbidden. Do not teach AK to read until it's time!
Thanks for reading and see you on the internet!
AK