Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school. Votes: 3
All of the common core standards stuff about critical reading and critical thinking and so on can only be positive. Votes: 2
What I am best at is reading a book and then writing a critical essay. Votes: 1
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it. Votes: 1
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago. Votes: 1
I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why. Votes: 1
Learning through the arts reinforces critical academic skills in reading, language arts and math and provides students with the skills to creatively solve problems. Votes: 0
I've been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I've been reading them all my life, and I think that I would like to write a critical book that might have some of those how-to elements in it. Votes: 0
At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized. Votes: 0
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. Votes: 4 Benjamin Disraeli
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. Votes: 4 Will Rogers