Recent comments in /f/philadelphia

OccasionallyImmortal t1_je3gae7 wrote

At no point in my life did the contents of a school library contribute to my ability to read because my school also did not have one. The public library contributed to my continued interest in reading which the school library could also facilitate.

The critical ingredient are parents and/or teachers who value reading as important. Half of Philadelphia's children appear to have neither.

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AskMoreQuestionsOk t1_je3bb15 wrote

That’s a great idea.

I don’t know why it isn’t a cultural thing where new parents can shadow or work with veteran parents in some way. It seems kind of obvious for infants, but really it makes sense to have knowledge sharing all the way to college graduation.

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