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[quote=Anonymous]HS kids in public do not read books to completion and instead read excerpts.  But I tell you with the ascent of texting and ChatGpt, don't you feel we are all guilty incl adults of literacy gaps?  I don't think there are some adults who know how to talk using sentences. There's a part of me that while I am horrified of test results and what's become of the education of our kids, feels that the future is changing as whole and literacy as we know it - from critical thinking complex problem solving opportunities - things are different these days for our kids than for us.  I think it's legit to question HOW might future priorities change on the career front and also in daily life?

Who knows how to read a map these days with GPS? Who balances a check book anymore? Who writes a personal check? I just feel like everything in life changes and even things we know that have been cornerstones to how we judge success and milestones to what we consider to be part of a successful development to adulthood - things do change.  We aren't getting rid of iPads and smartphones.  It'll be more AI and virtual reality.  Social media will never completely leave.  I can think of 20 ways to make a living without having a degree whether leveraging a talent like starting kickstarter campaigns and leveraging Medium or showing initiative and e joying extroverted activities like being an influencer.   There's just a lot of ways beyond the go to college and graduate from Harvard so you can make a lot of money approach.

I'm not suggesting literacy isn't what we should drive to be nor that our public education approaches are a disaster in this country for K-12.  I am suggesting that it may be time to think out if the box to figure out how best to prepare our kids for their future world.  Maybe they simply don't need to read books since we have multiple ways of hearing stories from podcasts to audible to 1000 shows, you know?  Maybe instead of reading books, it's about helping them prioritize and learn instead geography as the world is so integrated these days.

I don't think just screaming about bringing back ways we knew in school is the only meaningful opportunity to help our kids today. [/quote]

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