Re: Me and my macaroni
Colin Pink (colin@cpink.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:59:56 +0100
In message <19990803181859.18150.qmail@hotmail.com>, Car Land Er Son
<lost_hopes@hotmail.com> writes
>
> This could go along with a couple of messages, I think.
>
> In school friends of mine, the smarter one at least, read books.
>However I was always sort of disappointed in myself because they had always
>read more than I did. After I had started reading and writing I felt I
>could have more in common with them. I had read To Kill a Mockingbird,
>Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and other almost quintessential
>required high school novels, I found my friends any I could not share what
>we both had read. They had no opinions on the books the had read. All they
>said was, "Oh yeah. I've read that." They read simply to try to be well
>read. In the time in takes me to read F&Z they've read 3 more books that
>were once considered great works. "Oh yeah. I've read that." These people
>are the smartest people I know. Their intellect and mine I would like to
>consider equal. I just think it's placed in different areas and while
>they'll earn $120,000, I'll be at home reading Seymour an introduction for
>the 39th time with Kraft dinner on the stove.
> I think the educational system is somewhat to blame for this
>happening but deep down it's the individual.
>
>
> -Car
It always takes me twice as long as anyone else I know to read
something. I have to read every word whereas some people seem to be
able to skate across the surface of the page picking up the sense of the
thing. Having to read every word is a drag when what you're reading
isn't very good but it's great when it's a marvellous piece of writing.
People who skim miss most of what they're reading. Probably why they
can't say anything about it when you ask them.
I love to read just for the words. Most of the time I don't care where
the story's going if the words, phrases, sentences are beautiful.
--
Colin Pink