Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 01, 2017

He must have taken the Evelyn Wood speed reading course.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1nMP4U8JQDo

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That’s no reading, Calvin

What is the book is about frisbee and Calvin is about to try out what he just learned?

Now it is time for the parents to make sure he understands the book so that when he does this he isn’t getting his way.

One would hope the kid has no aspiration of going to med school. Oh Lord!!

That’s one way to go through a book…

I have a soft spot for the Evelyn Woodhead Sped Reading method.

Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things

Everyone knows this won’t work. You have to sleep the night with the book under your pillow.

As a teacher, I’ve met parents who felt and acted as if they had no duty to read to their child, to help the child form positive feelings toward books, magazines and newspapers. The parents truly said out loud that teaching reading is the job of the school. No wonder we have kids who are so angry at having reading assignments in school that they rip out each page after they have ‘finished’ reading it. I’ve seen it. In our school district, there have been years when no boys were inducted into the National Honor Society. It is not surprising that more girls are now attending college than are boys. At public universities, the male-female ratio is 1 to 1.33. We need to encourage all new parents to help their children learn to love reading. Oh, and yes I do know Calvin is just a character in a comic strip.

I don’t think it works that way.

…Hobbes’ observation probably applies to life as well :)…

Oh. If only it were that quick and easy!

xxx

A budding Spenser Reid.