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Head TV, good one RDS! Wish I could've had an HS teacher like you!
I've met a few people who dont read, and I dont mean to sound snooty, but it shows in their conversation. I'm no hot-shot mega-brain conversationalist, but their speaking style just...shall we say, 'flows' differently.
One person said they dont have the time, but as someone here pointed out, they have plenty of time to be on the computer. When I visited their place for the first time, something didn't feel right. I realized there was not. one. book......in the house.
A colleague of mine doesn't read either. She is also 'too busy'. To me, (just my 0.02 here) it sounds like an excuse. Why not just say "I don't like to read?" (OK, ok I know why; because then Judgemental Judys like me come along and say 'what??? You dont like to READ?? Are you MENTAL???)
Being the only person on my team at work who enjoys reading has its advantages though. My boss gave me a Borders gift card someone had given her, b/c she knew I was the only one there who'd use it.
LOL! I'm actually responding to your edit, which doesn't show up.
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Last edited by jacq63; Today at 03:17 PM.. Reason: for someone who reads, I have zero grammar skills.
Believe me when I say that my grammar skills are extremely bad. I've read and reread over my own posts for as much as 10 minutes before posting, just to be sure there's no spelling or grammar errors. And I still miss the spelling errors as much as half the time!
Part of my spelling errors comes from the fact that I'm simply a lousy typist!
LOL! I'm actually responding to your edit, which doesn't show up. Believe me when I say that my grammar skills are extremely bad. I've read and reread over my own posts for as much as 10 minutes before posting, just to be sure there's no spelling or grammar errors. And I still miss the spelling errors as much as half the time!
Part of my spelling errors comes from the fact that I'm simply a lousy typist!
That is funny, MsMcQ. I thought exactly the same thing when I read jacq63's edit.
I spent most of my adult life teaching reading skills to youngsters - which includes good writing skills, of course - yet, most of my posts have to be edited to fix my spelling and grammar errors!
We may act like we know what we are doing, but we are all just in a continual learning mode.
I think most of us are happy to read the content and wish to overlook the typos and goofs. That's the beauty of this forum!
I am amazed by people that I know that can read, but always say they do not have time or do not like to read. I guess I cannot imagine a life without reading and books. I always find the time anywhere. Has anyone else experienced this phenomena? Just curious.
It was the strangest thing. One day I went to visit the wife of a co-worker of my husband. Just wanting to make friends. And when I went inside her house, I noticed that there were NO BOOKS, not even any magazines, in the ENTIRE house.
Now you have to understand, in my house, there are books EVERYWHERE you look. Honestly. I think you cannot go three feet without there being a book stuck SOMEWHERE. I LIVE for them.
It seemed so strange to me that someone could live in a house that had not books. I couldn't help but wonder what on earth she DID ALL DAY! (It wasn't housework LOL).
The only person I know who really doesn't ever read is my grandmother. She grew up very, very poor in the post-Depression Appalachian south, and had minimal schooling. This didn't prevent her from continuing to learn on her own, but she also has dyslexia, so teaching herself to read was a big chore. Also, as one of the older girls of a very large family that lived with few modern conveniences, she spent the majority of her time doing a lot of household chores and taking care of younger children, and didn't have much leisure time at all to read for pleasure.
Consequently, she never learned to read well, and her literacy is basically borderline functional...she reads well enough to get by, but makes lots of mistakes (lots of times, I'd get birthday cards "To a wonderful GODdaughter." Her near-illiteracy has always been something that has embarrassed her, and she's carried a lot of baggage about it and can be pretty chip-on-her-shoulder, and she tends to phrase it as not LIKING to read, versus not being able to read well. I think she probably would have learned to read just fine on her own were it not for her disability, though, she's a bright and resourceful lady.
When I read, a movie screen literally pops up in my mind and I am not seeing the words in the book, but what is happening in the story. I have been asking people who say they don't like to read if the same thing happens for them. They have all said no.....
I am the same way, you're not alone. Im also a fast reader as well.
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It's more rare than hearing someone say they don't like chocolate, though. And you know, that IS wierd. However, I still get along with those people.
Kate
That makes me sad...I dont like chocolate...Its nasty. The older I get the less I like it.
Maybe you'll like me anyway.
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Don't need no stickin' teachers, I can read for myself!! LOOOOL!!
I've met a few people who dont read, and I dont mean to sound snooty, but it shows in their conversation. I'm no hot-shot mega-brain conversationalist, but their speaking style just...shall we say, 'flows' differently.
Not that I'm a super grammar queen, but many times you can tell a person isn't a reader by the spelling and grammar mistakes they make. Things like "all intensive purposes" or "patton leather shoes". These are probably things they've never seen in writing.
Not that I'm a super grammar queen, but many times you can tell a person isn't a reader by the spelling and grammar mistakes they make. Things like "all intensive purposes" or "patton leather shoes". These are probably things they've never seen in writing.
I'm not sure I agree with your conclusion. A lot of it has to do with how one learned to spell. For instance, my son (39 next week) is a voracious reader, reading at least a book a week. (and BIG books at that!) But he is a truly horrible speller because, rather than spelling lists of new words to write out in multiples every week like the way I was taught, he was taught to spell phonetically - spell it how it sounds. And most bad spellers of my acquaintance were taught that way. The reason I find that to be such a horrible way of teaching spelling is that I know from experience with my hard of hearing husband and sons that not everyone hears every word exactly the same way, even when they are hearing it from the same source at the same time. And if someone is not hearing each sound in a word, they are going to mess it up when it comes time to spell it.
Some of it also has to do with this "hurry up" society we live in - no one wants to take the necessary time to make sure their typed or written messages are correctly formatted and/or spelled. I used to run into that same attitude with clients when I worked in the tax office - they were more interested in my getting the return completed quickly than whether or not I got it done correctly. Until, that is they came back with an IRS letter because they hurried me right past a small error that they didn't give me time to find.
I am amazed by people that I know that can read, but always say they do not have time or do not like to read. I guess I cannot imagine a life without reading and books. I always find the time anywhere. Has anyone else experienced this phenomena? Just curious.
WAAAAYYY too many. I used to work with women who boasted they didn't even have time to read the local paper. It was more important to clean their bathmats with toothbrushes to get every nook and cranny clean (and no, I am not exaggerating -- geez, but a new one already).
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I thought exactly the same thing when I read jacq63's edit. 
Just curious.
Kate
