But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
ADORA SVITAKIf we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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I was thrilled to be able to read at three.
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Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn’t blow their own horn.
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But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children.
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.
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But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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Since the age of four, I’ve been exploring what I can do with the written word.
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