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  • A Shot And A Book: How To Read In Bars : NPR

    Reading requires — especially today — intense discipline and the capacity to sit still and engage. It’s a skill you can develop, this quieting of the mind. Some books make it easier than others, sure, but the fact remains: A… Continue reading

    A Shot And A Book: How To Read In Bars : NPR

  • Arm Kids to Combat Propaganda: Teach Reason – the Fourth “R” – in the Classroom

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Our children need sound thinking skills to reverse our mindless path of death and destruction. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: At last, a return to something approaching the way people have always learned well: reading,… Continue reading

    Arm Kids to Combat Propaganda: Teach Reason – the Fourth “R” – in the Classroom

  • Discipline & Control

    An op/ed piece by David Brooks accidentally (i suppose) lays out the very differences within the distinction DISCIPLINE vs. CONTROL. Brooks musings point out the hierarchical structure of book reading. That there are books which are perennial as well as… Continue reading