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Encourage reading esp. to middle schoolers and beyond: give every child an e-reader like Kindle.
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Kind of along the lines of "give every child a laptop". Instead give every child an e-reader - say age 12/13. Encourage them to read. The technology should hopefully make reading "cool" to them.

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angrypunkgrrl | Mar 6, 2009 3:44 PM | new | reply

I just got a Kindle this week... It friggin rocks!

Dooyah11 | Apr 24, 2009 9:47 AM | new | reply
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I'm thinking of getting one one just to take advantage of the huge number of books you can read on a whim. There are so many times I think of a book I'd like to read at 10 o'clock at night but completely forget about by the time I finally get to the bookstore or library.

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