Puissance says:
First, I would like to thank everyone who has created and developed DailyLit. I'm very happy that this is available. I'm just wondering why it is offered for free and what your mission statement would be.
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Mission Statement?miss_spookiness says:
I know this is really old, but i just had to reply - why is it free? why not? more things like this should be free, people need a bit of culture and interesting things to read for free, with the minimum of hassle, which is exactly what this is :)
I know this is really old, but i just had to reply - why is it free? why not? more things like this should be free, people need a bit of culture and interesting things to read for free, with the minimum of hassle, which is exactly what this is :)
Mar 25, 2008
8:38 am
8:38 am
NicoleStJ says:
You are not proposing that you’d prefer to pay are you? Skepticism perhaps? Nonetheless, according to the article – "The alarming state of reading in America", the percentage of reading/readers has dropped dramatically from “1984” to the present. For example, the number of seventeen year olds alone has dropped from “31 percent” to a sad “22” (The Writer). Seventy-two percent of high school graduates are deemed deficient in writing skills (The Writer). I know of nothing void of a price tag whether the compensation be tangible or intangible, but if we’re to be given anything for free don’t you believe that it ought to be books/reading and in it’s most general form, an education?
You are not proposing that you’d prefer to pay are you? Skepticism perhaps? Nonetheless, according to the article – "The alarming state of reading in America", the percentage of reading/readers has dropped dramatically from “1984” to the present. For example, the number of seventeen year olds alone has dropped from “31 percent” to a sad “22” (The Writer). Seventy-two percent of high school graduates are deemed deficient in writing skills (The Writer). I know of nothing void of a price tag whether the compensation be tangible or intangible, but if we’re to be given anything for free don’t you believe that it ought to be books/reading and in it’s most general form, an education?
Jun 5, 2008
5:32 pm
5:32 pm
NicoleStJ says:
It provides our children with an alternative. I think it a pleasantry knowing that the old medium of paper and hard-back books that sit on the shelves collecting dust don’t always indicate that out generation isn’t reading, but rather that they’ve shifted to a more high-tech medium such as text messaging and email to conduct such. Daily Lit has their hands in on this. Imagine if no one took the initiative to bend and flex with the electronic/internet age. I would lose heart, knowing that literature lost its footing to the idiot boxes, hypnotic cubes, radioactive phones, and the internet. Can we not run with the best of them?
It provides our children with an alternative. I think it a pleasantry knowing that the old medium of paper and hard-back books that sit on the shelves collecting dust don’t always indicate that out generation isn’t reading, but rather that they’ve shifted to a more high-tech medium such as text messaging and email to conduct such. Daily Lit has their hands in on this. Imagine if no one took the initiative to bend and flex with the electronic/internet age. I would lose heart, knowing that literature lost its footing to the idiot boxes, hypnotic cubes, radioactive phones, and the internet. Can we not run with the best of them?
Jun 5, 2008
5:34 pm
5:34 pm
NicoleStJ says:
I’m finally completing books and strangely sooner than it’s paper and hardback competitors. Alas, I am reading books I’ve always wished to read, but never had the chance. The small installments are a much more realistic goal and it prevents me from over-reading to the point of being burnt out. I’ve already read three books in the past 2 months since I’ve started and I think it a benefit for us adults and elders as well.
I’m finally completing books and strangely sooner than it’s paper and hardback competitors. Alas, I am reading books I’ve always wished to read, but never had the chance. The small installments are a much more realistic goal and it prevents me from over-reading to the point of being burnt out. I’ve already read three books in the past 2 months since I’ve started and I think it a benefit for us adults and elders as well.
Jun 5, 2008
5:37 pm
5:37 pm
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