It's been shown through statistics (take them with a grain of salt) that reading for pleasure is on the decline in the United States and Europe, with a high percentage of college graduates never picking up another book after their education completes.
It's been shown through statistics (take them with a grain of salt) that reading for pleasure is on the decline in the United States and Europe, with a high percentage of college graduates never picking up another book after their education completes.
That's one statistic that I don't have to take with a grain of salt. I see it around me every day.
While that isn’t good in this day and age digital articles, books, audio books, fan fiction, podcasts, etc. a lot of that same stimulation can be had through other means.
Important note: the CCP allows for paper copies of 1984 to be retailed within the country because the Party's view is that proles will be addicted to television and other visual/auditory media while the "Inner Party" will be educated enough to understand the concepts in the book but not turn against the regime.
The research on "theory of mind" has been scant but I for one believe it has a grain of truth.
Castro had a reason for raising the "literacy rate" in Cuba.
He used the teaching of reading, writing, and even math to bombard students with non-stop Communist propaganda.
I couldn't find it quickly, but a Cuban refugee explained it very well in an article about a year ago.
and our school system copied him.
It's been shown through statistics (take them with a grain of salt) that reading for pleasure is on the decline in the United States and Europe, with a high percentage of college graduates never picking up another book after their education completes.
That's kind of sad. There's a lot you can learn from books still.
That's one statistic that I don't have to take with a grain of salt. I see it around me every day.
While that isn’t good in this day and age digital articles, books, audio books, fan fiction, podcasts, etc. a lot of that same stimulation can be had through other means.
Yes, you can't push propaganda if your subjects are illiterate.
Important note: the CCP allows for paper copies of 1984 to be retailed within the country because the Party's view is that proles will be addicted to television and other visual/auditory media while the "Inner Party" will be educated enough to understand the concepts in the book but not turn against the regime.
The research on "theory of mind" has been scant but I for one believe it has a grain of truth.
It makes sense. When you know that you are already in the favor of Big Brother (as tenuous as that is), the book must look a lot different.
1984 is an instruction manual for them.
right on.