tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post7614697499207865299..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: BOOKS SMELL LIKE OLD PEOPLERoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-74123213134601254902017-05-11T09:46:44.274-05:002017-05-11T09:46:44.274-05:00Tech is unwittingly starving our children and blun...Tech is unwittingly starving our children and blunting their ability to connect with another human being. :-(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-3021308423040248282017-05-11T09:45:26.427-05:002017-05-11T09:45:26.427-05:00Sorry to be so late to reply: work has been crazy ...Sorry to be so late to reply: work has been crazy and the flu bug has bitten. We think with our supply of words -- if it is limited so will be our thinking! :(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-9147796956025917432017-05-10T12:44:24.528-05:002017-05-10T12:44:24.528-05:00I was a voracious reader when I was a kid and that...I was a voracious reader when I was a kid and that continued through high school despite band and other outside activities. Too much competing for kids' time these days. The lack of real human contact is just as bad as not reading.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25867154890047021852017-05-10T03:02:47.066-05:002017-05-10T03:02:47.066-05:00Hi Roland - I'm not the best reader - but then...Hi Roland - I'm not the best reader - but then I read a wide range of things ... sadly books being last on the list - I look at so much - the brain is full of thoughts and ideas. When I do get some space I find I just want a quiet brain ... my brain-space. Thankfully I have over the years read a lot and have a pretty good grounding of words ...but can quite see we need to encourage kids to read to learn and develop their vocabulary, their creativity and feed their imagination ... not in sound bite mode. Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com