Walter Dean Myers Quotes About Reading
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, ‘Take this or you’re going to die.’ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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Reading is not optional.
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