I need a new home. A place for people like me. A home where the writer, introvert is accepted, where creativity is liked, or where at least creative people can talk, share, have room to express themselves. It's strange how hard it is to find such a place.
Creativity seems to be something dirty in real life instead of special, a skill we all need and most of us have and use to survive.
I wonder... How come writing isn't accepted as art? Many schools already gave up on it. Grammarly, writing, reading, literature, included. It's even called: boring, old fashioned. Is it? Is the fact many are not educated because of their own laziness (they had the opportunity to go to school but choose not to) a good reason to change lessons teaches, to make it all easier? Are all those excuses of being a foreigner or dyslexic (the newest excuse) good enough to change whole nations into dumb asses a good reason to give up on it?
You never ask yourself why your parents were able to study, learned more, and have way more knowledge and skills than you?
If you belong to a group of people who cannot think by themselves, the result will be you lose the right to rule over your own life because you are not able to make decisions. I wish this was fiction but it's not. More and more prime ministers say the nation needs to be protected against itself. That's how dictators call it "protection". In simple language: stupid, low educated people should not have the right to vote because they do not have the brains to do so.
Why is it that leaders can say this? Because the nation doesn't care. The nation cannot read. People can no longer read, especially not if it comes to reading between the lines and understanding the written word. Reading comprehension is a subject taught at school. You read a longer text and understand what is told, you can answer the questions. There are exercises which you can follow (see the internet) if you missed these lessons.
It is never too late to teach yourself.
If you cannot read, understand the written word, it's you to blame.
Reading is something you can practice. Practicing means doing something, repeating it, on a daily base, not for a few minutes but hours. It is not different from other skills you achieved. If you are smart enough to copy others, to find excuses on the internet why you can't read and write, you are clever enough to improve your reading and writing skills too.
Sit down for five minutes and read this article till the end for a change. Be creative and search for ways on the internet to improve yourself for a change instead of blaming others for what you did to yourself.
While you search I search too. For that better place, a home where writers are appreciated by people who still read.
#kittywu #reading #comprehension
There are so many options on how to read text nowadays but yeah, the lazy generation takes over. Although culture plays a huge role in forcing education (like in most asian countries where it's cery disgraceful if you don't finish college/university) but in western countries, it doesn't seem like such a huge need as it is here and that's the sad part