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dfrost:
Word! @ the bolded. Preach on sister.

Do we all remember Do It Yourself on NTA?

Press Club in secondary schools then was the rave of the moment.

Cursive writing was one of my best things in primary school then. I think like one of the posters suggested, we need to take it up on ourselves to preach the word. We can discuss on how to create a Union to setup private libraries (if not possible, then e-libraries).

I remember them.

Quite sad our educational system has deteriorated.

Brilliant idea. I'm sure there are lots of us willing to cooperate.

2scorehigh:
Hahahaaa... in that case, there's fire on the mountain!



Well, lemme call Wande Coal.

Please do

dfrost, got a mention from you on the UAE Thread.

Thank you. My Sunday went well.

Had a busy weekend though.

Kicked off with Vince Flynn's "Kill Shot" yesterday.

I should complete it today.

Thanks for those books once again.

Hope you had a great weekend?

2scorehigh:
You are right. Methinks the solution is quite simple. Get folks like Davido, Wizkid, Olamide, et al to start reading!

Since these guys are like the gods, the idols, that most of these youths are looking up to as well as imitating, it won't be so difficult then to get these youths to tow that line.

Imagine wizkid tweeting about the latest book he just finished reading and inviting his fans to discuss the characters in the book! Imagine Davido starting a competition about who will give the best summary of a novel of his choice! Just imagine Olamide writing a book himself!

OMG!

Great!!!

Honestly, You nailed it!

But, me think it's far from reality! Atleast, for now.

Who will take the bull by the horn?

dfrost:
@ Kingsasian

I concur with your points. I had the same upbringing. Back in those days, we literally "devoured" books like there was no tomorrow. Hardley Chase, Shakespeare, Mills and Boon (for the female folk though) to Where There Is No Doctor. Up till now I read a lot. My parents started off by encouraging us to read any sign we see on the road (ranging from signposts to notices).

It really bleeds my heart because you hardly find any young person to engage in a meaningful conversation.

On a larger part, modern parents are to blame. They practically have no time for their wards. They don't set boundaries for their children. All has been let loose. They should set a limit on what they watch, time they spend on the Internet and also apply a curfew.

How many parents have time to go through their ward's exercise books? 10%, 20%, 30%... 99.99%?

It's really disheartening to say the least. Go to the Politics Section of NL and you will see how custodians of our generation (elderly ones) exchange insults with one another and with custodians of the next generation (younger ones) without proper diction. The shortening of words has eaten into fabrics of our system to the extent that even some graduates looking for employment use them.

Social media only adds to the smaller percentage of the problem.

My humble submission. Shalom.

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dearpreye
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Good Morning dfrost!

Thanks for the mention

@bolded, you nailed it. That's one of the major cause of what we're experiencing right now.

Parents no longer lead by example.

Some Parents no longer have time to train their wards. All they crave for now is money, how to beat their colleagues in social status et al.

Most Parents don't even read, so how do you expect such parents to imbibe the reading pattern in their kids?

Now, most Parents believe whatever their child is taught in school will do, without going extra mile.

I'm so grateful to my parents, who imbibed values in us.

They shared it. My mum handled Spelling and dictation. You return from school, rest your head, and off you go with her in the kitchen, spelling atleast 5 new words per day. Else, you know na


(Talk of Akeelah and the Bee movie, it was also a great motivation then. Seeing such a young girl with vibrant passion for spelling).


My dad, handled reading and understanding. You read Novels, Newspapers (He loves that so much), Academic books (especially Comprehension passages).
You just have to read, digest and understand, because you have to explain exactly what you read or summarize.

The annoying thing then was, you cant lie to my dad about what you read, because even before you read it, he has already done that. He practically lead by example.


He had this popular slang then. Whenever we're going to school, he'd say "Kawe e ooo" (Read ooo) It was so annoying, especially when he had to say it in the presence of my school mates. You know that feeling

Oh then, I thought we were been purnished, but whenever I look back, I see its all fruitful now.

My dad never told us to do things verbally, you just have to write, and when you write, it has to be in good English.


I personally imbibed his passion for reading books. I'm still learning and improving day by day. I'm not even near perfect, but I'm quite sure, I'm not where I used to be.

What am I saying? Parents are the fundamental causes of this lack of reading pattern in our youths. Coupled with what the society has become. And the reason is not far fetched. ""The family is the corner stone of the society""

There are other reasons for the present day degredation in reading, but I feel it's much better to address the root cause.

I'll end with this:

"The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be".
-MARIANNE E. NEIFERT


dearpreye, great contribution you have there. Quest for material things has taken away the reading culture from our youths.

The so called "Role Models" most youths attach themselves to, aint helping at all.