But if you enjoy it, it is easier to do. I hated to workout most times, but once I found things I enjoy about my workouts, I go regularly and hate it if I miss a workout. I dislike regular math, but give me a word problem or problem to solve requiring math skills, and I'm on it...because I love a good puzzle. I hate weeding the flowerbed, but the pleasure I receive from looking at my flowers or smelling the blooms makes it pleasurable. Reading is just an extension of your pleasures. If you like gardening, you'll enjoy reading a book about gardens. If you like hunting, you might enjoy a book about big-game hunting in Africa. If you like woodworking, there are many books with plans, ideas, and techniques to help you be a better woodworker. I used to work in a bookstore, and most people read non-fiction, not novels...and there are books for EVERY subject imaginable. It isn't the act of reading that should be enjoyable...it's adding to your knowledge of what you enjoy. Reading does that....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Labrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Question for the group > I agree with Renee. One thing I have been thinking the past few years is > why do we try to fit everyone into the same enjoyments? Some students are > not readers, some are not mathematicians, some are not musicians or artists. > I know reading is important and everyone uses it all the time, but my > husband is a wonderful person and I can't tell you the last time he sat down > and read a novel. He reads directions for hanging light fixtures, or > repairing toilets, or whatever. He is more mechanically minded and would > rather work with his hands. Not all people do everything, and they can > survive without reading and discussing a novel. It is my job as a teacher > to find what area a student excels in and help them gain skills in all > areas, not just push my love onto them. I have a masters degree in reading > and love to teach math and music. I am not critizing anyone for their zeal > of reading, I love to read as well. But it isn't the only thing in the > world. > Lori in Utah > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/461 - Release Date: 10/2/06 > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
