When I was in elementary school we had to read out of our reading book out loud to all the class. I remember training to read every day before going to bed. It somehow escalated to reading whenever I had the time and space. I compartmentalized reading for my own pleasure and reading for school. I really was encouraged to read by my mother who did the training sessions with me and my siblings, while she mostly could not find the time and state of mind to read herself in peace.
Strangely her encouragement ended when my reading started to involve literature she could not get the hang off. Like SF and Fantasy. Then it was mostly why do you waste time with this stuff? Don’t you regret spending time on this book which is so not relateable because it is pure fiction?
I regret nothing. I don’t read books to educate myself, I simply read them for pleasure. And even though they educate me. I learn things while reading and it is not a chore. The things you can learn about reproductive organs while reading trashy books is somehow never ending. I loved and still love comics. They are not a waste of time. They are marvelous. I was introduced to a lot of literature just by reading Mickey Mouse comics and never recognized it. No - they are not. Some might perceive them as immature and for just for children, but no.
This, I think, correlates with reading below your level. Because you are really not. Books are mostly written by adults. Some are catering to children but from the viewpoint of an adult mind. So most of them have layers like an onion, or a cake. And frosting. While the kids are mostly interested in the frosting, aka the outside of the cake they probably realize later that their cake has an internal life which is also delicious. While the adults choose books for kids for the aesthetic, the pictures and the message children possibly only see the pictures.
When I was in elementary school we had to read out of our reading book out loud to all the class. I remember training to read every day before going to bed. It somehow escalated to reading whenever I had the time and space. I compartmentalized reading for my own pleasure and reading for school. I really was encouraged to read by my mother who did the training sessions with me and my siblings, while she mostly could not find the time and state of mind to read herself in peace.
Strangely her encouragement ended when my reading started to involve literature she could not get the hang off. Like SF and Fantasy. Then it was mostly why do you waste time with this stuff? Don’t you regret spending time on this book which is so not relateable because it is pure fiction?
I regret nothing. I don’t read books to educate myself, I simply read them for pleasure. And even though they educate me. I learn things while reading and it is not a chore. The things you can learn about reproductive organs while reading trashy books is somehow never ending. I loved and still love comics. They are not a waste of time. They are marvelous. I was introduced to a lot of literature just by reading Mickey Mouse comics and never recognized it. No - they are not. Some might perceive them as immature and for just for children, but no.
This, I think, correlates with reading below your level. Because you are really not. Books are mostly written by adults. Some are catering to children but from the viewpoint of an adult mind. So most of them have layers like an onion, or a cake. And frosting. While the kids are mostly interested in the frosting, aka the outside of the cake they probably realize later that their cake has an internal life which is also delicious. While the adults choose books for kids for the aesthetic, the pictures and the message children possibly only see the pictures.