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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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