READ ON: Reflections on the Reading Process

   I.

	Think ah reading as an adventure
	& process of voyaging with words

	Consider it as an exploration
	& way of listening to voices unheard

	Regard reading as communion
	& chance ta meet persons you'd never see

	it is a soul-stretching
	sentence-transcending
	process of conversing with
	other beings

   II.

	Readers should wrestle with texts
	rather than blindly accepting what appears in print

	Don't be afraid ta challenge authors
	or worry about seeming like an imp

	Between the extremes of doubt & faith
	text can transmute mysteriously as ideas take shape.

   III.

	To engage texts be persistent,
	yet also willing to wait.

	It often takes time to commune with characters
	& to digest ideas well, dine slowly.

	Think of texts as morsels rather than complete buffets:
	printed pages can offer tantalizing tidbits,
	but reality is wider than any page.

	At the end of any excellent literary feast,
	you should feel partly fulfilled
	yet also curious about more
	and a tingling intrigue.


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Reflection on the alchemy of reading.
KEYWORDS: literacy skills, reading strategies, reading skills, reading, education

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1999 in Maui, HI / Finished: 2020 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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ESPAÑOL   https://www.tnewfields.info/es/con-ley.htm
NIHONGO   https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/t-yomu.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN  https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/yuedu.htm