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Professor pushes return to slow reading
This professor argues that our modern culture is losing the value of reading. He argues schools
treat reading as a "race"; The kids themselves often have trouble concentrating of what's written
as they are "programmed" (my word) to jump to hyperlinks, etc. Here's a brief quote:
Quote:"One student told me even when he was reading a regular book, he'd come to a word and it would almost act like a hyper link. It would just send his mind off to some other thing," Newkirk said. "I think they recognize they're missing out on something."
The idea is not to read everything as slowly as possible, however. As with the slow food movement, the goal is a closer connection between readers and their information, said John Miedema, whose 2009 book "Slow Reading" explores the movement.
"It's not just about students reading as slowly as possible," he said. "To me, slow reading is about bringing more of the person to bear on the book."
Thought I'd share,
Cathexis