tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614159.post110856348568368562..comments2023-10-29T03:07:08.469-07:00Comments on Prufrock's Child: "...but Eustace had read none of the right books."Ron Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02457294578710496088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614159.post-1108667227791589942005-02-17T11:07:00.000-08:002005-02-17T11:07:00.000-08:00mr. cox,
its one of your students. i chose to rema...mr. cox,<br />its one of your students. i chose to remain anonymous because you might be embarressed that your students read your blog. so this is a shout out to mr. cox-hes the bomb!!! i would have to agree with jared, my mom read to me every night when i was little as well as taking me to the library. without that i wouldnt be in the major i am. tootles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614159.post-1108601679667311872005-02-16T16:54:00.000-08:002005-02-16T16:54:00.000-08:00Sorry for two posts, but I agree with anonymous. I...Sorry for two posts, but I agree with anonymous. I learned more about the problems of philosophy from Isaac Asimov and Philip Jose Farmer than any two-bit young adult book.Jared Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665647940543562091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614159.post-1108583696397064302005-02-16T11:54:00.000-08:002005-02-16T11:54:00.000-08:00I love science fiction. But in school, sci-fi was...I love science fiction. But in school, sci-fi was always looked down upon. My dad would buy me Star Wars novels every once in a while and occasionaly introduce me to great books like The Invisible Man. Why don't schools teach H.G. Wells as literature? Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614159.post-1108576432442139372005-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:002005-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:00If I hadn't had a mother who always took me to the...If I hadn't had a mother who always took me to the library an encouraged my voracious reading habit, I am confident I wouldn't have many of the intellectual capacities that I put to work now. Unfortunately, not every child has such a parent and, as the article points out, the schools are failing in this area. <br /><br />Oh, and you said intellectual geldings. That's clever.Jared Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665647940543562091noreply@blogger.com