This is really sad, but it’s at least kind of encouraging that he’s still trying
Absolutely. The spirit of learning should be nurtured at any age. Read on, info warrior!
Hey, this is exactly how you expand your vocabulary - stumbling across new words, looking them up, and then remembering that. And they’re still having fun reading the book, so they’re probably going to remember the words they pick up. This is good!
I see y'all in the notes making fun of this, don’t fucking shame people for learning stuff late. It’s not like this guy can go back in time and do more reading as a kid/teenager, do you want people to learn new things, or do you expect everyone to just wallow in ignorance if they weren’t lucky enough to be taught things as a kid/teenager? And they don’t need an easier book either, if they’re engaged with this one and understanding it, they’re fine.
Looking up those words is doing the right thing, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I was given a dictionary as a present when I was about eight years old (my parents were like that) and I still have it.
However I also read it right through like a novel, because nobody told me that’s not what you do with dictionaries, and there was a result.
After so long I’m not so sure about my own grammar and syntax, but - my Mum used to joke about it - for a while my vocabulary ranged from impressive to remarkable to downright ostentatious.
And even somewhat odd, because being able to read a word and say it aloud didn’t always mean it was being correctly pronounced (the delights of English strike again…)
Looking up word meanings doesn’t even need a dictionary nowadays, just a few open tabs; I have no idea how Small Me would have responded to that, and finding the properly succinct descriptive term for such a response would probably require a thesaurus… ;-P
Ditto. All the dittos. Also encyclopedias, thesauruses and books of quotations. Because nobody ever told me I shouldn’t.
We need everyone’s help right now to protect the rainforest and Indigenous People
The Amazon Rainforest is under a massive threat. I know you’ve heard this a million times, but this is different. There is a piece of legislation that will decimate the rights of Indigenous people of Brazil, who have been protecting the rainforest. It’s unfathomably bad. It has majority support. And they’re voting tomorrow. As reported here, the Bill allows “the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples.”
The thing you can do—and I know this sounds overly simple—is sign this petition—and tell your friends to do the same: SIGN HERE.
As reported here, the Bill allows “the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples.”
Again, this bill has majority support. You may be wondering, why will a petition signed by people who don’t live in Brazil make any difference? Because it will give those opposing it political air cover. It will show the world is with them.
AU: President Obama falls for part white house intern part rockstar Harry Styles. Obama surprises Harry in the audience of one of his shows and the affair blossoms from there.
Please get this off my dashboard right now immediately
