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Start them young and they will love books forever.

Start them young and they will love books forever.

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vintageanchor: “I think of bookstore jobs as my university. The physical trade of books was a hallowed way to become a writer in the pre-MFA era. It was the only work I wanted to do, and the only work I was qualified to do…. With bookstores, you go in and you find the things you weren’t looking for. The clerk is doing that 24/7—my reading was shaped by what was left behind. And you develop a loathing for the false canon—the two books each year that everybody is supposed to read…. You can’t hang onto those sacred quarantines when you see the mad diversity around you.” —Jonathan Lethem, recalling his time as a bookseller for a Salon article on the vanishing bricks-and-mortar shop clerk

vintageanchor:

“I think of bookstore jobs as my university. The physical trade of books was a hallowed way to become a writer in the pre-MFA era. It was the only work I wanted to do, and the only work I was qualified to do…. With bookstores, you go in and you find the things you weren’t looking for. The clerk is doing that 24/7—my reading was shaped by what was left behind. And you develop a loathing for the false canon—the two books each year that everybody is supposed to read…. You can’t hang onto those sacred quarantines when you see the mad diversity around you.”
—Jonathan Lethem, recalling his time as a bookseller for a Salon article on the vanishing bricks-and-mortar shop clerk

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
Roald Dahl (via msmarthareads)

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Education is no substitute for intelligence.
Frank Herbert
I just watched this documentary tonight. It should be required viewing for every person in the U.S..

I just watched this documentary tonight. It should be required viewing for every person in the U.S..

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
Alan Greenspan
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
Robert Frost
A weapon of mass instruction

A weapon of mass instruction

Start ‘em young!

Start ‘em young!