Random links
- Generation Y Giving Cars a Pass
- Generation Y is apparently "likely to see autos as a source of pollution, not as a sex or status symbol." Sounds to me like progress is being made.
- Are Women Voters More Likely To Vote For Female Candidates?
- Who could have guessed? Female voters actually care about more than just the gender of the candidate they vote for.
- Working from home and online shopping can increase carbon emissions
- Shouldn't really be all that surprising I'd say.
- How to Raise Boys Who Read
- The average boy is somewhere below the average girl in terms of reading ability. That's not a particularly controversial statement. This article attempts to address the drive of publishers to cater to boys, basically by trying to gross them out. "One obvious problem with the SweetFarts philosophy of education is that it is more suited to producing a generation of barbarians and morons than to raising the sort of men who make good husbands, fathers and professionals. If you keep meeting a boy where he is, he doesn't go very far." The article also argues that excessive use of video games and the internet may be a big part of the problem.
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Sarennah
Sun, 2010-10-03 01:11
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Boys and reading
Interesting article about boys and reading. I've noticed the huge love among the boys for the 'grossology' books and there is definitely a theme out there about 'so long as they are reading it's good--they'll start reading more in depth books eventually but we need to hook them in first.' It does seem to get the boys interested in reading--so that can't be bad all the way. Of course they'll choose video games first...but they might dislike reading less by being more interested in the topics.