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Yes! My friends tease me saying I read to much (I've read over 130 through september to may) but I feel sometimes I read to little.
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I think I can agree~ My friends say I read to much, and I say they don't read enough
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thanks for saying this. thanks for being angry so that people will listen.
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p.s. something scared the shit out of me the other day: I was reading an article in the newspaper and it bluntly said that minors in america put more importance on the age when they can drive than to the age where they can vote. i was just shocked.
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Here! Here! I mean jesus christ, my whole flipping school looks at ready like it's a punishement. I'm in the seventh grade, i *love* austen and shakespeare. I often bring huge books to school and read all day because I've finished what's required for the classes I'm in, I get these looks that are like: "You are phsycotic."
READ YOU MORONS
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Heyheyhey. Don't stereotype. I love bash, and I've read six books this month.
But still...I so fucking agree
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Amen to that.
Books are more interesting than real life.
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woot! go books! i hate when people say they hate reading...how can you hate something so amazing? i just cant understand it. cant get my mind around it. sadly i havent read any books recently. i literally havent had TIME. school work homework. school work homework. god i hate it.
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I totally agree with you. I love reading books, and I HATE when my friends tell my that IΒ΄m stupid when I read 
You read 1500 books? Wow, youΒ΄re good!
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I totally agree with you! I LOVE to read, and do it as much as I can (which thankfully is much more often now that I've graduated from college).
It really is quite sad that people in general don't read anymore and it's making them idiots. In my COLLEGE classes I had to dumb down my vocabulary because a lot of the time the other students didn't know what I was saying.
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My boyfriend and I read books to each other. We have story time every night
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I agree.
Some people find it tough to read... But, not that many people.
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I was given my love of reading by my librarian aunt. She has taught me to cherish books, literature, anything that would nourrish the imagination. That includes music, watching films, writing, painting, walking... away from television and computers. BUT I love my computer and I love having access to more information although I would trade for a good conversation with a human being and a good read in the batting of an eyelid! I think one can be truly fulfilled with just the right measure of pleasure in their lives, through educating oneself, through books, through games and through life experiences, and not just from one activity only. If you want to encourage people to read more then create a book club, prepare for debate of ideas, and activities going on tangent (for example the suggestion of a book n particular could lead to the visit of the country it is set in with the book club thus enhancing the learning experience).
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I half agree and I half don't. Different people learn in different ways, and none of it means you're stupid. I'm a tactile learner, so I don't read much because I just don't get information that easily from only reading. So there! Just thought I'd speak up for my fellow morons out there
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When someone in my 11th grade class raises their hand and has to ASK what Obsolete means, it makes me want to point at them and say, "Your brain is obsolete, because you know -nothing-. Your brain cells have fallen to disuse." I kind of want to smack them in the skull with a dictionary repeatedly and beat the intelligence into their brains. They need to broaden their vocabularies, read a book, learn something. Some tiny bit of information could do them -wonders-.
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Dear God, yes! I've loved reading ever since I was a little child; it scares me that so many people don't understand how wonderful it is, let alone who to do it.
Thank you for submitting this!
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Hey genious, if you believe that survey, you're a dumbass. Numbers are incredibly easy to twist and news stations absolutely adore scaring people. And as for a good number of books to read a year being 30 or above, that is extremely roughly a book every ten days. I am sorry, but I barely have any free time. I do occasionally read during my free time, but I am sorry if I don't use every second of the precious little time I have reading. And yes, the CAHSEE is a joke, but 98% of my school passes. We aren't all illiterate dumbasses despite popular belief.
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a nice point, but were those 1500 books worth it?
i read, i like reading, but im not going to read something just to add it to a list.
maybe those people didnt read that much, but maybe that the books that they did read were worth it.
what have gained from your extensive library? do you feel that now you can survive?
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Surely its not about how much you read but about what you read!?!?!
i dont read a lot, i read enough... but i am not think by any stretch of the imagination. i get where you are comming from (although i am english, so dont understand the grade thingies...) i do think more people should read and play less computer games, but i also think people should be playing in the street more with their friends and being children during their childhood. and by reading as much as you have you will have limited that too... but thats just my opinion
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i'm always reading! thank you for this, i get SO irritated at the people who say 'i don't pick up a book unless i HAVE to'. Sometimes I just want to..punch them in the face!
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Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.
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I get mad at myself that sometimes I don't read as much as I think I should. But not reading a book for an entire year? There should be some sort of rehab for that type of person.
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Amen to that!
I hate people who don't read. . .like at all.
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I love books. Not everyone does - it makes me sad that 60% of people haven't even touched one though.
But it's funny that even something like reading books becomes like a consumerist competition. I read slow so I don't know if I'd be in the top 10% but I certainly love to read and write. I also don't own 1500 books...I go to a library. I just think it's ironic to have a critique on society that brags about ownership and accomplishments, even if it's about books.
That being said, I do think it's awesome that people love to read.
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50% of americans have below 100 IQ, that explains the majority of it.
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overheard conversation , by two girls in a linguistics direction in university ( so they chose to study english and french!):
A: Oh my, did you see the reading list?
B: I can't believe it! Three whole books!
A: Yeah, in a year's time, we have to read three books in French, how stupid!
o.O and those are the linguists. I was overjoyed with our reading list of seven books.
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I couldn't tell you how many books I've read, but I remember taking in Anne McCaffrey's "The White Dragon" book into my grade four class, and my teacher asking me if I could read that. When I told her yes she made me read a passage out loud to her to prove it. -_-; I have shocking out-loud reading abilities, but she got the point.
My mum was alway reading a book after she'd done her house work, after tea, whenever she could sit down and bury her nose in it. She never shoved a book at me, or forced me to read. Rarely would she read a story to me and the others, but she always seemed so happy reading, I remember it sucked me in. I've been reading novels since I was tiny, and I was top of my reading class in Prep and grade one.
Parents don't seem to have time to sit down and read anymore, and so children don't see them doing that, and are less likely to do so... I previously had a live in job, and my boss told me reading was for school children, not 19 year old women, because I spent my whole one day off a week, reading... That made me so angry. His 11 year old daughter is a chronic workaholic.
Books are a way to escape reality, and a way to cope. And when I can't find a good book to read, I write my own stories, go through FanFiction.net, or cruise around on one of the many writing sites I've joined. I love reading.
Children these days have no imagination, and can't sit still - unless its in front of a computer or movie or gamesystem. That makes me sad.
*tassel (and some others) made some good points, though - You don't JUST have to read... Go outside and play, listen to music... Whatever floats your boat; But don't rot your childhood away in front of a screen. =S
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Random Fact People who've studied at Australian University's are 10% smarter then the average American University graduate
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my friend studied abroad in Australia and he was astounded at how difficult the schooling was, but at the same time how much smarter everyone else was.
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This is one of the reasons I look up to my old primary school librarian. I think she's the reason why more kids at that school reads.
I think if I can give one person the pleasure of reading than I"d be so proud.
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I usually read a lot during the summer. Sometimes I have 6 books on the go at once.. but I mostly am occupied by music. Which is really just another form of reading.
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Thank you. They made us take a test (I was in CHS, an F graded school, cureently a D now.) and I scored a collage reading level (2nd year) in the 9th grade. Highest in my class, and most others. It made me sad. I was a C average student. We took the test again and I scored a 4th year collage reading level... >.>
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I KNOW WHO SENT THIS IN! OMG! I'M SO ASKING YOU ABOUT TIS ON TUESDAY!
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We've got a million bookshelves in my house. How many books we have...not sure. Quite a bit. I've read most of them. I've got a pile waiting to be read after the one I'm on now. I go through about a book a week.
And every time someone tells me they don't like reading, it shocks me, and saddens me.
But I have to admit, gamecube/xbox/nintendo 64 are pretty awesome even though I am book inclined
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Amen. I'm the daughter of a librarian and an English teacher, and I am so glad of that. They have really taught me the value of literacy, and a love of books!
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I love this and completely agree, right up until the part that says "put down the Xbox". I just bought my 360 today!
But really, I have an unknown number of books sitting on my shelves and hundreds I've gotten from libraries over the years (I can never check out less than 7 books at a time, and I always read them all before they're due back). Reading is a huge part of my life and has been since I was little. Its so sad that no one seems to enjoy reading anymore. (I also think that's a big reason why kids seem to have less imagination these days then in previous generations...)
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Great. I read a lot of books, but I can't remember how many. Now I feel like I've failed somehow and that I'm a worthless idiot.
The sad thing is I'm not kidding about that. . .
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Here here! It disturbs me greatly how few people read these days. Television and all other media forms seem to suck up everyone's attention and creativity... rather sad. High school seniors have trouble even reading aloud simple texts in English class...
Everyone READ! Pick up a book and find an adventure in it! You may discover things you never realized about yourself along the way.
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I've read almost all of the books in my house
I have 90 of my own XD
No where near yours though..
I love this secret ^^
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Okay, I'm all for reading, and I definitely think people should be reading MORE. But there's more to life (and intelligence) than reading all the time. Like, ya know... living.
And in reality, it's a matter of education in general. There should be more interest in science and math. I read all the time, have ever since I was little. I have a pretty well-rounded vocabulary. I didn't learn how to do long division until I was in high school. :/
So, yes, reading is good, but there's more to it than that.
P.S. I don't have an XBOX; I have a PS2. I has good hand-eye coordination!
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