Does manga count?
Are middle schoolers buying their Narutos and Bleach books? Or are they buying books on partial differential equations?
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Of course you failed to mention that reading a book is actually a mental excersise, whilst sitting in front of a PC or TV watching a movie is more of a consuming activity, with not much mental activity...
View Articlethe teen reading plague
"...teens are apparently buying books in record numbers -- with sales of teen targeted books..." Who is really buying the books? Parents in hope the teen will read them? And since when has the "Sweet...
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My four year old grandson reads regularly for fun. Is already writing, too. I think the idea of being able to use his parents' computer has a lot to do with it. It only took one recitation of how to...
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I think that access to more books is a big part of it. Ten years a teen was pretty much limited (for the most part) to what was inside city limits. Now a kid can go on the internet and look get books...
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Who cares, they're reading... If they enjoy the escape of reading a story, it will only lead them to want more in depth literature in the future.
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Books may take six months to a year to write, but by and large they're written by one person, not a commitee, and not a focus group. As such the author has quite a bit more control over the quality and...
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reading is still one of my fave activities, i have only a few times stayed up late to watch a movie or play a computer game but i have stayed up till 3 or 4 am reading a book on a lot more occations. I...
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Tom, I think it's the teens themselves. Kids nowadays have access to much more cash than earlier generations, and they usually have more control over what they do with it. All three of my daughters...
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A study released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education revealed that, contrary to the longtime claims of librarians and teachers, books do not take you anywhere....
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The intelligence level required for a child to read something out of that dreadful Full House series is very different from that required for a child to read something by Brian Jacques. As the adage...
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"And since when has the "Sweet Valley High" series or Henry Potter been the equal to "All's Quite on the Western Front" or "Great Expectations"?" " So we're saying that books that inspire creativity,...
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"Who is really buying the books?" And who really buys the video games or the DVD's? Silly argument. Otherwise, did anyone actually choose to read Great Expectations, or was is crammed down our throats...
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Personally i would rather have my child read a Harry Potter book than sit on his/her butt in front of the TV. Reading is reading. Think of it this way, Harry Potter and such are the "gateway drugs"...
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To get a sense of scale, here's a table of the best selling books of all time (estimated numbers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books Also, it's so easy for teens to be their own...
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"And since when has the "Sweet Valley High" series or Henry Potter been the equal to "All's Quite on the Western Front" or "Great Expectations"? " So because some old dead guy wrote your so called...
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And since when has the "Sweet Valley High" series or Henry Potter been the equal to "All's Quite on the Western Front" or "Great Expectations"? Your view of quality is misplaced. Content of books is...
View ArticleCOMPUTER GAMES NOT MENTALLY STIMULATING?
What games have you played lately? Obviously not WOW or one of the new real time strategy games. You also do not know that kids who play these games are better at problem solving, organizing and...
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I have never heard of "Sweet Valley High" (well, I remember the phenomenon, but I mean the book), but Great Expectations is basically a soap opera. Really a soap opera since it was a serial. But...
View ArticleHenry Potter
am I the only one who noticed that Har*y Potter was renamed "henry potter" just for this page? (* inserted for copyright reasons, I think)
View ArticleVideo games vs. tv vs. books
Anyone interested in exploring the questions around the value of video games and TV for stimulating intelligence should check out "Everything Bad is Good for You" by Steven Johnson. It makes some...
View ArticleRe: by Read a book a week
What intellect does it require to read a book? I really do get sick and tired of people thinking that if they read enough books, they become more intelligent. If you read more books, you assimilate...
View ArticleFienstien
I'm sure the MPAA and RIAA's bitch Fienstein, will outlaw the books so that her moneytrain will keep moving along. As for mispelling her name, who cares anyway.
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The truth is, most of the "books" teens are reading are pure crap that aren't intellectually stimulating. Yeah, I'm talking about Harry Pooter and all that Jap crap. They aren't reading Michio Kaku,...
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I have to agree and disagree with all of you. Any of the three can be considered to make you more "intelligent". I think that again it is "quality, not quantity" that makes the difference. With video...
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I frequent book stores, and have often wound up in conversation with kids, and particularly on Friday and Saturday nights, in between or after the movies in my town, kids hit the bookstores. I have...
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..all this book reading....next they will be do that book learning....maybe even book writing...it is a sign of Armageddon, or at least Global Warming.
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****Of course, it might make you wonder why the same fear mongering doesn't show up when the news comes out that the crazy kids today are reading more books than ever before.**** Ignorance and...
View Articlewow such narrow mindedness from pro book ppl
Seriously read those comments from the people who deride compunter games, japanese manga, or even Harry Potter. Ask yourself if their professed love of literature has given them a encompassing...
View ArticleW.I.T.C.H.
If your young kids want to have fun reading, you should give them W.I.T.C.H. magazine.
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I have to argue against #2 there. What's the difference between reading Stephen King and scoping out stories on Digg? Both are reading really in the same way. And frankly, Battlestar Galactica has been...
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WITCH MAGAZINE?! I knew it! Harry Pooter! D&D! And now _WITCH MAGAZINE_! You commie, god-hating pagans! The only book good, God-loving children should read is the Bible!!! (Sorry, folks, but this...
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Or are they buying books on partial differential equations? Feh. Straw man. How many adults buy books on dif-EQs?
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Actually research has proven that are brains are most active while playing video games and that our brains peak at top usage percentages when in engaged in such games.
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My 13 year old daughter received $50 for her birthday. I asked if she wanted to go buy some cloths and she said no, she wanted to go to Borders and get more books. I have to tell her to put the book...
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My 13 year old daughter received $50 for her birthday. I asked if she wanted to go buy some cloths and she said no, she wanted to go to Borders and get more books. I have to tell her to put the book...
View ArticleI hate novels.
I've never enjoyed reading long books. However, I can sit and read computer/tech articles all day. I have great respect for anyone with a solid grasp of English grammar and a powerful selection of...
View ArticleLenght not the issue either
people seem impressed by those who have read War and Peace (I know, iIhave read the english translation when I was 16), or even books like Lord of the Rngs (1 work, 3 volumes, six books and 1 book of...
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GoblinJuice, W.I.T.C.H. magazine has nothing to do with witchcraft. Its just the names of the characters. Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin.
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So I love to read anything that i can get my hands on. at the same time, i am also listening to my ipod watching a movie or playing a game with my friends. it's called multi tasking. Get a clue!
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Teens and children should read and exercise more, because now all they do is play video games.
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I'm sorry but the books teens are reading are incredible. i would much rather be reading a book than rotting my brain with video games. Books are stimulating because they require you to think whereas...
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