Rose Horowitz

You don't have the time in the day maybe to just sit down and read a long novel or finish all your class reading because you do need to also be doing extracurriculars or getting a job or starting a charity or something that just makes it really challenging to find the time to read. Yeah.

You don't have the time in the day maybe to just sit down and read a long novel or finish all your class reading because you do need to also be doing extracurriculars or getting a job or starting a charity or something that just makes it really challenging to find the time to read. Yeah.

Yeah, I think you would have to be very courageous to do that because, you know, probably most students are going to get A's anyways. And so the colleges can't really tell, you know, who actually did the reading or not. And so, you know, you really have to be different outside of the classroom in a way that leaves you much less time for reading.

Yeah, I think you would have to be very courageous to do that because, you know, probably most students are going to get A's anyways. And so the colleges can't really tell, you know, who actually did the reading or not. And so, you know, you really have to be different outside of the classroom in a way that leaves you much less time for reading.

Yeah, I think you would have to be very courageous to do that because, you know, probably most students are going to get A's anyways. And so the colleges can't really tell, you know, who actually did the reading or not. And so, you know, you really have to be different outside of the classroom in a way that leaves you much less time for reading.

Yeah, I think one thing that came up is sort of that it might not be a shift in skills, but just a shift in values, and young people are responding to that. What do you mean by a shift in values? Like, we are sort of not valuing young people reading, even if we kind of think that we do, and we lament the loss of it, that, you know, we aren't actually—

Yeah, I think one thing that came up is sort of that it might not be a shift in skills, but just a shift in values, and young people are responding to that. What do you mean by a shift in values? Like, we are sort of not valuing young people reading, even if we kind of think that we do, and we lament the loss of it, that, you know, we aren't actually—

Yeah, I think one thing that came up is sort of that it might not be a shift in skills, but just a shift in values, and young people are responding to that. What do you mean by a shift in values? Like, we are sort of not valuing young people reading, even if we kind of think that we do, and we lament the loss of it, that, you know, we aren't actually—

setting up kind of schooling and admissions in a way that shows that we actually do value just reading for reading's sake.

setting up kind of schooling and admissions in a way that shows that we actually do value just reading for reading's sake.

setting up kind of schooling and admissions in a way that shows that we actually do value just reading for reading's sake.

Absolutely. Yes. So we're sort of telling them, you know, do everything you can to get into a competitive school and then get a prestigious job. And, you know, I spoke with professors who were saying their students say that they love their humanities courses, but they need to major in something that is going to be more useful to a future career.

Absolutely. Yes. So we're sort of telling them, you know, do everything you can to get into a competitive school and then get a prestigious job. And, you know, I spoke with professors who were saying their students say that they love their humanities courses, but they need to major in something that is going to be more useful to a future career.

Absolutely. Yes. So we're sort of telling them, you know, do everything you can to get into a competitive school and then get a prestigious job. And, you know, I spoke with professors who were saying their students say that they love their humanities courses, but they need to major in something that is going to be more useful to a future career.

And that's a real difference in the way that we conceive of, like, what college is for.

And that's a real difference in the way that we conceive of, like, what college is for.

And that's a real difference in the way that we conceive of, like, what college is for.

I think that students sort of aren't getting the message as to why reading is important necessarily. They're kind of instead being told that they need to be using high school to prepare for college and college to prepare for a job and kind of not that they need to be using all of these times to sort of just prepare to live.

I think that students sort of aren't getting the message as to why reading is important necessarily. They're kind of instead being told that they need to be using high school to prepare for college and college to prepare for a job and kind of not that they need to be using all of these times to sort of just prepare to live.

I think that students sort of aren't getting the message as to why reading is important necessarily. They're kind of instead being told that they need to be using high school to prepare for college and college to prepare for a job and kind of not that they need to be using all of these times to sort of just prepare to live.