• @[email protected]
    40•2 years ago

    As a former child this is nothing new to me. I remember how much I hated when the teacher had people read things out loud in English class. Hell honestly any class. The amount of people who read like every. Word. Had. A. Period. And the people who would read any word longer than 3 syllables like it was hy-phe-na-ted. It was fucking torture.

    20 minutes to read one single page.

    • @[email protected]
      11•2 years ago

      I was shy-ish and didn’t participate much, but I would often volunteer to read aloud. It was easier for everyone that way, since one of the few things I was exceptional at was reading

      I also couldn’t stand reading along with someone who couldn’t. It was too painful

    • @[email protected]
      15•2 years ago

      Yeah, this was torture in grade school. I figured it would get better in middle school.

      Then it was torture in middle school and I thought it would get better in high school.

      Then it was STILL torture in high school and I thought it would surely, surely get better in college.

      Then I got to college and there were still mofos reading. like. this.

      • @[email protected]
        5•2 years ago

        I am an engineer who oversees a team. Most of them can’t write more than a coherent sentence. Code and analyze data, sure, but put together a coherent paragraph? Not really.

    • @[email protected]
      2•2 years ago

      Kids read like that because they know if they make a mistake they will get a lower grade. Better to be slow and correct.