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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't read or write well. I have done well in life without these two skills. Being good at math and money have made up for it.
My kid dislikes reading and writing even though he is not bad at them. 
We will be fine. There's more to education than reading and writing. I studied 7 languages and received a great 1-12 math education.
I'm all for math. Most kid will learn to read by 12th grade. They will not know basic math.

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I want both for my kid. My spouse and I are both skilled readers and writers, and we work in math-heavy fields (he's an engineer, I'm a statistician). I view them as equally important.

IME, people who read well and read a lot tend to do better professionally and socially because strong reading skills enable you to learn about virtually any subject at any age. As an adult, I've had to become well versed in a diverse range of fields in order to succeed professionally and socially, and reading was central to that. I can talk to a Hollywood screen writer, and politician, an investment banker, a military lifer, or a school teacher and be able to converse intelligently about their work. It is because I'm well and widely read. I don't know how else you would get that kind of knowledge.

Also I see in my own child how being well read expands her vocabulary and understanding of other subjects, including math. Reading is how she was first introduced to certain mathematical principles, which gave her a leg up when she took advanced math in high school and already had some background in those areas, just from having greater familiarity.

It's not an either/or. It's both.[/quote]

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