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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

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[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 37 points 10 months ago

School does a good job of teaching people to hate reading.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

one of the ways i got motivated into reading as a little kid is one of my teachers would hand out candy whenever i finished reading a book and took a short quiz on it. very effective! my grandma would also do story time over the phone and stuff

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

We had a program at our school that would give you a coupon for a free pizza every 10 or so books that you read (this was grade school so they weren't really too long, think beginners level chapter books), which worked pretty well for me. Now as a grown adult, I wish I still had a way to get free pizza.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

Apparently Pizza Hut gorby-sad still has the Book It! program lol

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Yep, that is it! Completely forgot the name, but I do remember that it was Pizza Hut. I'm more surprised that they're still doing it, I figured they would have killed that off by now. I want pizza now.

[-] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

What the heck! I wanted candy when I was younger too, it would have been nice to have your teacher.

[-] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I agree. I only got by when I read books for my own enjoyment. Really made me appreciate Shakespeare for example, particularly Hamlet and King Lear.

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