I posted this the day the article in the local press came out, over a week ago now.
There wasn't much of a discussion going on about it in the thread, hence I didn't chime in again.
The newspaper story didn't delve into the reasons for such findings (nor did it even provide the source for the stat it gave, I might add). You posted a reply which, I thought, did a good job of putting things into perspective. All good and valid reasons.
I would agree that a study five years from now would probably provide better validity on the reading habits of Arab children. But until then, I don't think we should stop collecting data. I would hope that every year (for the foreseeable future) would see a significant increase in the amount of reading children here do.
And BTW, I don't think of Arabs as a separate race of people. A different ethnicity for sure, but not a race.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris
I posted this the day the article in the local press came out, over a week ago now.
There wasn't much of a discussion going on about it in the thread, hence I didn't chime in again.
The newspaper story didn't delve into the reasons for such findings (nor did it even provide the source for the stat it gave, I might add). You posted a reply which, I thought, did a good job of putting things into perspective. All good and valid reasons.
I would agree that a study five years from now would probably provide better validity on the reading habits of Arab children. But until then, I don't think we should stop collecting data. I would hope that every year (for the foreseeable future) would see a significant increase in the amount of reading children here do.
And BTW, I don't think of Arabs as a separate race of people. A different ethnicity for sure, but not a race.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris