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>But I'm kinda surprised why he "hasn't a clue" that the answer to that question is a clear "yes." The whole point of school is to teach kids to use their brain

>But I'm kinda surprised why he "hasn't a clue" that the answer to that question is a clear "yes." The whole point of school is to teach kids to use their brains, and reading something complicated, understanding it, and being able to synthesize something about it is a pretty important brain-use. I also believe that there's something to be said about being able to sit and focus on something like reading a book for a long period of time. Patience and focus seem to be diminished these days.

kurthr 2y ago
That and it's only in reading A LOT that builds the proficiency needed to absorb, evaluate, comprehend, and respond to other documents you will eventually come upon. Whether it is reading for enjoyment and allowing a virtual world to wash over you, while simultaneously scanning your eyes across a page, or reading a scientific paper to understand the research topic and results well enough, to know when to review and reread for context and understanding. Some level of long focus and deeper awareness of written material is necessary to create anything substantially new and massage it into what you actually desire.