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Subject: [Leica] Playing around with Elmar
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Nov 16 06:15:50 2005
References: <006901c5e98a$d4909150$0200a8c0@D1WTYD41> <BF9E9147.1EA20%mark@rabinergroup.com> <a2f8f4470511150453j726c5beu4b2363c7f6355191@mail.gmail.com> <437AC46D.80804@planet.nl>

On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Funny, we followed exactly the same strategy with our children as  
> what Daniel describes. Always reading to them at night, even when  
> they were infants. I remember once I had my then 1-year old son  
> with me on a visit to Denmark and had forgotten to bring baby  
> books. It didn't matter--I just read him the just-published memoirs  
> of a former Danish prime minister. This went on until well after he  
> could read by himself.
>
> Now they are 16 and 11, and both read A LOT. Especially my 11-year  
> old daughter is always ready to go and raid the local Waterstone's.
>
> I may have made some mistakes in parenting, I am sure I have, but  
> this is one thing I have done right.


I am very sure you have got it right Nathan...so important, more  
later when I have a moment. Steve
>
> Nathan
>
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
>> Actually, Mark, I think our kids are about the same as they are  
>> anywhere.
>> We are just very lucky. Partly, we (my wife and I) have had a
>> consistent and relentless policy of reading from the very beginning.
>> When they were younger, we'd read for them every single evening. It
>> was the night-time ritual. Everything from kiddy books (Richard
>> Scarry) to "chapter books" (full length books), every evening for
>> about 45 minutes. They like books.
>> My daughter's favorite poet is Karin Boye:
>> http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kboye.htm
>> Book in her backpack? Impossible to say. She borrows stacks at a time
>> from the library (10 to 15).
>> But the newspaper bit is something I'll have to give our local paper
>> credit for. They realized that they were going to miss the young
>> reading public if they didn't do something. So they dedicated a
>> full-page everyday on weekdays and a double page on week-ends to  
>> kids.
>> It's not only dedicated to kids, it's entirely written, edited and
>> composed by kids. Every six months they change "editorial teams".  
>> They
>> put out an ad and young people can apply, explaining why they want to
>> be on the editorial team and writing an essay to demonstrate their
>> skill.
>> They must have a an editor with his or her finger on the pulse of
>> youth. They have consistently, for years, put together good teams.
>> Here's the current editorial group:
>> http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=535
>> They have their own facilities at the newspaper offices. They're made
>> to feel like part of the team (and the _are_).
>> Every morning all three of my children have gone straight for that
>> page as soon as they come into the kitchen. The page is called
>> "Graffiti", but that's just a title.
>> As they grow older the kids started turning to other pages of the  
>> same
>> paper. I appreciate that kind of marketing. They have been working on
>> their audience in sympathetic way and have won them over.
>> So in our case, I have to give a lot of credit to the local  
>> newspaper.
>> Just a small-town rag (G?teborg is about the size of St. Louis,
>> smaller if anything), but they played their cards right this time.
>> I am one of many parents who really appreciate their work. They're
>> making money on it too, I'm sure.
>> Daniel
>> On 11/15/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/14/05 6:18 PM, "bill harting" <vintagebill@verizon.net> typed:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am amazed to find a young person apparently reading a  
>>>> newspaper -- perhaps
>>>> it is the beautiful light.
>>>>
>>>> bill h
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> In Europe I think people read, I think we win (US) in the anti
>>> intellectualism department and non valuing of education.
>>> AND we rule the world!
>>> Lets hope the burgeoning Visigoths and the ravishing hoards on  
>>> horseback
>>> from the East give us a hand in the smarts department.
>>> How many kids do you know over here have a favorite Poet? A book  
>>> in their
>>> backpack they are reading not a textbook. A favorite author? I  
>>> bet many of
>>> us cant think of one. And if we do he gets beat up every day on  
>>> the way home
>>> from school.
>>>
>>>
>>> Albert Brooks being beat up by the bully in the playground:
>>> "Okay, take this:  You'll never leave South Boston and I'm going  
>>> to see the
>>> whole damn world.  You'll never know the pleasure of writing a  
>>> graceful
>>> sentence or having an original thought.  Think about it."
>>> Broadcast News
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Rabiner
>>> Photography
>>> Portland Oregon
>>> http://rabinergroup.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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