I'm a reading junkie. (Is there a gene for that addiction?) I have a book on
my desk, in each bathroom, beside the tub, beside the couch, and an eReader in
my purse (for when I'm stranded) - oh, and one by the phone for when I'm also
stranded on hold. I probably have about 6 or 7 books going at a time. The
most fun is that I seem to often finish about 4 of them at about the same time.
I don't have a chocolate addiction, but wonder if my love for HAVING all of
these books to read has a similar genetic propensity. If so, I think I'm
luckier to have the reading gene. (My chocolate gene daughters might agree,
though they're also readers.)
Sadly, I can later often recall only snippets of a plot, characters or theme,
and can't identify from whence they came. ("Where did I read about the
character who...?") My daughters, who are also big readers, usually help me
out, as they seem to have better memories than I. Reading has its pleasures,
but maybe people with memory deficits like mine should keep detailed journals
about what they've read. But I don't have time to write in a journal...I have
a big stack of books to read!!!
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
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From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure?
I read about my field while at work (although it is hard to find the time)
and read novels at home. I find time for reading novels just like one finds
time for gardening, exercising, travelling, and all the other hobbies one has
(or does not have) time for.
Marie
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From: Miguel Roig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:55 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure?
That's odd . what happened to the rest of my message?
Anyhow, I wanted to raise the question about the extent to which college
professors engage in 'reading for pleasure' (e.g., fiction). I am sorry to have
to admit that it has been years since I have read fiction book, period. Just
trying to keep up with developments in my own research area is hard enough, let
alone reading about developments in the field of psychology or in science in
general. How do folks make time to read books for pleasure?
Miguel
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [tips] Am I expecting too much?
Your colleague's post raises an interesting question for
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From: Ken Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I have a colleague who claimed that you only needed the answer to
> one question to predict college success:
>
> How often do you read for pleasure?
>
> Ken
>
> Pollak, Edward wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > A few weeks ago I gave an exam in animal behavior and asked a question
> > about "Kamikaze sperm." One student asked what species a Kamikaze was.
I
> > then asked the next 4 students entering my office if they'd ever heard
> > the word , "kamikaze." The first three had never heard the word. I'm
> > convinced that the problem is that most students no longer read for
> > pleasure. This has been problematic for years but is getting worse. Try
&g t; > asking your student if, as children, they ever read books (not
> > magazines) "just for fun." It's no wonder their general knowledge is
> > so pathetic. And there's a BIG difference between looking up the
> > definitive of a specific word on line and learning words incidentally
> > while reading a book. Even looking words up in a dictionary is better
> > because you naturally do a little browsing of other words when you look
> > it up. That's not as easy/common when looking up a definition on line.
> >
> > The Kindly Old Curmudgeon
> >
> >
> > /
> > /Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D./
> > /Department of Psychology/
> > /West Chester University of Pennsylvania/
> > Office Hours: Mondays noon-2 and 3-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:00
> > a.m. & 12:30-1:30 p.m.
> > /http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.h tm/
> > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/
> > /Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and
> > herpetoculturist...... in approximate order of importance./
>
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> Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Professor
> Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NC 28608
> USA
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