| Introduction:All of us receive and give
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| | remember even in our later years.
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| gifts during our life while on mother
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| | Remember this dear reader. Prior to 900
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| earth. Some of these gifts become old and
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| | A.D. the world read aloud until Seymour
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| torn, others are no longer relevant in
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| | Simon, the scribe made a discovery, white
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| our lives as we grow older and some,
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| | spaces; Gutenberg elevated manuscript
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| which we receive are given to others on
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| | culture to an art form; Sputnik gave us
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| Christmas or other holidays and
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| | ecology which became an art form; and
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| occasions. But one gift given to me by my
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| | electronic media forged ahead in western
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| mother and grandmother is still retained.
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| | culture, while oral traditions dominate
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| Which is the gift of reading on a regular
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| | eastern culture, not because books,
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| or consistent basis.ForwardThe reality
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| | television or electronic media are not
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| that more impressions are received from
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| | readily available and every society
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| reading than from all other sources
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| | realizes the value of listening to an
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| combined, is more relevant to me today,
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| | oral presentation, coupled with visually
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| than it was in my younger years. I
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| | following along, while reinforcing this
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| obviously dreamed or thought that all of
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| | process with recital. So why not
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| my fellow human beings also read on a
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| | eliminate an obstacle to reading by
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| regular basis, that is until a National
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| | revisiting or renewal of oral traditions.
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| Endowment for the Arts Survey in 2004 was
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| | Just remember this picture of your
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| revisited in light of recent studies
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| | grandfather with you sitting on his knee
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| which indicate a national decline in math
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| | long after he has left mother earth and
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| skills, the inability to find well known
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| | do what your heart says for you to
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| counties on a map of the world, what
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| | do.Drudgery Not PleasureA man in the mid
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| seems to be a general decline of ethics
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| | 1600s named Antonio di Marco Magliabechi
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| or morality in business and with respect
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| | confessed that he could read, comprehend
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| to our elderly, defenseless children and
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| | and memorize entire volumes at a rapid
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| so forth.NEA SurveyWhile the reasons for
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| | rate, yet when we were reading Dick and
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| a decline in reading are not spelled out
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| | Jane in the first grade it took hours,
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| in the NEA study and we are left to
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| | the reading list in high school and
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| ponder this decline which is across
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| | college took weeks to complete, leaving
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| gender, ethnicity, age and education
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| | very little time for actual study or
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| lines, we can none the less evaluate the
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| | going to the movie show and then we
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| decline based upon our own experience by
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| | realized the problem. We just read too
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| exploring some of the major obstacles to
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| | slowly, did not remember very much of
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| reading on a regular or consistent
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| | what we had read, what we did remember
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| basis.Obstacles To Regular or Consistent
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| | was not retained from reading until test
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| ReadingNot Reading To SomeoneFew pictures
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| | time. Reading became drudgery not a
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| will invoke fonder memories of reading or
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| | pleasure, until Evelyn Wood burst upon
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| being read too, than a picture of a child
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| | the scene with a few discoveries, which
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| in a grandfather's lap, looking up as if
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| | firmly established speed-reading. Reading
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| to grasp and understand every word
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| | at last became a pleasure. While our
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| uttered, while the grandfather smiles as
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| | readers may agree or disagree with what
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| he reads, in enjoyment a story or nursery
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| | has been written, is there any one of us
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| rhyme which was read to him as a child,
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| | who would not gladly trade our current
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| by an adult.The value of reading to our
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| | reading or not reading habit for one in
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| children was called into question by Jean
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| | which we can triple reading speed with
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| Piaget, whose research showed children
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| | the same comprehension or
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| are not ready to learn until the age of
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| | better?ConclusionsWhile there are many
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| six or seven; teaching styles were
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| | more obstacles to our friend, reading,
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| thought to be the problem and rote was
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| | this short list is at least an excellent
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| replaced by phonics; brain science was
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| | start. Now having said that and written
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| becoming of age and baby speak or talk
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| | this paper, I must contemplate the
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| gained greater acceptance as fact rather
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| | reaction to having a published something
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| than fancy; Sesame Street came to
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| | to read, which just may benefit non-
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| television and our very young associated
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| | readers who have not been exposed to the
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| a visual presentation to learning subject
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| | value of reading on a regular and
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| or object; and in our quest for material
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| | continuing basis. Perhaps you dear
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| objects and just getting by, our children
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| | reader could help by engaging in our oral
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| were literally forced to find books as a
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| | traditions by telling someone about this
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| companion to replace the lack of
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| | article, and then let them read the
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| parenting.While we can either agree or
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| | article and both of you reinforcing by
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| disagree with any or all of what has been
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| | discussion what has been learned.
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| presented so far, none of us would
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| | Who really knows, if you give a child or
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| discount a value of Lent, which to we
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| | adult the gift of reading, the gift may
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| Catholics is giving up something like
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| | be the greatest gift given or received.
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| cigarettes, but apply this objective in
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| | Now let your mind wander and ponder the
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| reverse, by doing something of value we
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| | how and why.Citations:History of Speed
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| do not do at present, like read. To
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| | Reading and Evelyn Wood, by H. Bernard
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| ourselves, to our children, to an
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| | Wechsler, March 31, 2003
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| audience and in the process develop
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| | The Reading Matrix, Volume 1, Number 1,
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| diction, self-confidence and a feeling of
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| | April 2001
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| self worth as a parent and world
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| | National Endowment for the Arts Survey,
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| citizen.Lack of Oral TraditionAnother
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| | 2002
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| picture, which comes to our minds at
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| | Schools Attuned Online, All Kinds of
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| birthdays and other occasions, is that of
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| | Minds, 1999-2006
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| a loved one who took the time with
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| | Kump, Peter (1988). Break-through rapid
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| children and other adults to recall a
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| | reading. New York: Prentice Hall.
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| mind-boggling story, which we can
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| | Redway, Kathryn (1999).
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