Re: At least they're reading something

[Sharon Ann McLarney <sg955bfc@DUNX1.OCS.DREXEL.EDU>]

I've sat quiet for the past week while this discussion has taken place.  I
will now come clean.  I read Sweet Valley High.  And Nancy Drew.  Even some
Bobsey Twins.  It's true.  Do you know what I have on my nightstand right
now?  Dickens--Great Expectations.  It can happen-it happened to me because
1:  My mother took me to the library every week since I was in the womb
2:  I read crap, got bored, and moved onto greener pastures.
I am now studying to be a librarian, so that literature did me no harm.
And I'll admit to reading some Jackie Collins every once in awhile even
now--it's entertainment.  It doesn't strain the brain.  After a hard week,
all you want to do sometimes is relax.
If a child is reading "bad" books, so what?  They may turn out alright--I
did.  Also, a person who reads young will keep reading throughout their
adult lives, becoming enriched and using their brain cells in some
capacity.  I'd prefer my kid to read a book, even if it isn't the highest
of quality, than to be out making trouble and possibly getting into
trouble.
Just a thought.

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Sharon Ann McLarney
School Media Specialist in Training (who, by the way, needs a job!)
Drexel University,  Philadelphia
sg955bfc@post.drexel.edu

The greatest resource any country can have is its children.
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