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Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by fctguy: 9:08am On Aug 10, 2015 |
SexyKaycee:You must be high on cheap weed probably biafra type ![]() Who or what scrambled your brain like this ![]() |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Sunnycliff(m): 9:08am On Aug 10, 2015 |
dearpreye: My dear online reading is full of distractions than reading in the library or a hardcopy material. Imagine reading online and hearing pings and alerts from your social media chats. Your guess is as good as mine 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by mentorandfriend(m): 9:14am On Aug 10, 2015 |
How will they read, when they spend all their time booking spaces on every thread on nairaland? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by forjamb(m): 9:15am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Seems every comment only adds to identifying the problem without proffering a solution. I think Nigerians should do away with wailing out our problems and start thinking of a way/ways out. 1 Like |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by mentorandfriend(m): 9:17am On Aug 10, 2015 |
fctguy:Excuses are the sinking sands in the land of the living. It is easier to go from failure to success than from excuses to success 4 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by hedonistic: 9:18am On Aug 10, 2015 |
I fondly remember those days when I used to get lost in the mesmerising narratives of classic novels such as The Drummer Boy and Eze Goes to School. In fact, I intentionally used to read the books very slowly - in the vain hope that the spellbinding story might never end! Eating my dear mama's coconut rice while reading Cyprian Ekwensi's The Drummer Boy was such a delightful experience. Oh, halcyon days... This generation is turning out to be an embarrassment, and I think Nigeria would suffer for it in the years to come. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by dfrost: 9:20am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Dioxidane: Dioxidane you did the magic. FP final destination. Like minds think alike. Imagine the points the OP raised and almost all posters supported his view with long epistles. Credit to what you mentioned earlier, you will hear them say "too long", "brb to read", "overview", "you expect me to read all these?" We are in a serious dilemma. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by yorex2011: 9:20am On Aug 10, 2015 |
sukkot: I don't have unlimited access. Yes I'm in Nigeria. Dunno how much unlimited access would cost. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by fctguy: 9:24am On Aug 10, 2015 |
mentorandfriend:Keep deceiving yourself Whichever road you take success na success These are not excuses but realities being faced by every young Nigerian which must be addressed How many people in universities today study the course they loved if not for the sake of making money In fact you can work in a place that has no bearing to your course and yet be successful We read to pass cuz our country does not encourage and condone reading for pleasure |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by preciousMI1(f): 9:24am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Freemanan:that's the point.... |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by mikkypel(m): 9:26am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Akbee: That's was then jor, how many books did buhari and dangote read? This day, readers are no longer leaders, your skills and talents makes u get the lead |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by sisisioge: 9:27am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Guilty as charged! It's quite sad how the culture has degenerated over time. Even I, that used to read a 180 paged novel in less than 10hrs can't manage through a ten paged anything without dragging it on for days. May God help us relax the tension around us enough to pick books. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by mentorandfriend(m): 9:29am On Aug 10, 2015 |
fctguy:More excuses! 1 Like |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Ojisik(m): 9:35am On Aug 10, 2015 |
I totally agree with you, this needs to be adressed quickly, I remember when my mum will give me two days to finish an Enid Blyton book. *Attention span is reducing, news is now 140 characters (Twitter) *Conversations now get abbreviated (how many seconds can be saved by typing "fyn" instead of "fine" ![]() * Face to Face meetings are held on Skype. * We measure self worth by number of likes on Instagram posts. We need help. Your point is totally valid,I'm sure some people found your original post too long to read. ![]() |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by dfrost: 9:36am On Aug 10, 2015 |
dearpreye: Public library? It seems you expect much from our present day government. The one in my area is covered in weeds, only mowed down when the place is rented out for parties. You can imagine that the library is surrounded by more than 13 primary and secondary schools (I can't give the exact figure). |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by tosingcfr(m): 9:36am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Reading through the comments of some who boasted about how they were always reading, I was left with a question- Of what benefit is/was their whole reading ?? To me ,they still made similar blunders those they were criticising make. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Nobody: 9:37am On Aug 10, 2015 |
This is what happens when countries like ours place more value on certificate than actual education. People will find their ways to buy the certificate and leave the reading. May the Lord help us! |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by An2elect2(f): 9:46am On Aug 10, 2015 |
And here we are shouting change, when we are not ready to go to the root and make amends. It will take a miracle for this country to turn out well in the future and still maintain that status. Right now, we don't have the knowledge or skills for that. I agree, youths of nowadays are dumb and modern day parents are carried away. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by SAMBARRY: 9:47am On Aug 10, 2015 |
You're very right. The society doesn't reward reading again. Look at the mullions of naira given to girls who walk naked on the run way or do miss campus then compare it with what they give a first class graduate. In fact they will say this one like book make we dash am laptop. Those days as a young student in the university, our departmental association will contribute money to invite scholars into our university for public lecture. Those days we will invite wole soyinka, r.f ola, Francis enemuo etc for public lectures and workshops but today ![]() you will see students contributing money to invite wizkid that will sing for 10minutes and will collect all the money you saved to watch his show. The money you could have used in buying a book I told my kid brother who is one of the student union members in his university why him and his fellow sug members cannot invite reputable scholars and scientists for public symposiums and lectures . He said if they do that nobody will come and they won't regain their money so they need to invite musicians and all that. Even in nysc camp too that should be an opportunity for people to upgrade and rub minds intellectually, they are busy talking about who is richer than who, who can sing better than who, who has the biggest breast and all ![]() dearpreye: |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by dfrost: 9:50am On Aug 10, 2015 |
fctguy: Hi fctguy, note that we all feel the pain and we are affected by it hence why most of us decided to contribute to the topic. I don't know what you are passing through but please know this: most of us are in this painful situation together. The facts you gave are valid although you can still pass the message to the OP without the slur to the OP. Pele bro. Do you also know that our parents back then didn't find it easy in bringing us up? They had to grind out results too. Shalom. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by An2elect2(f): 9:52am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Nairalandi: ...a dumb African man, it is. Learn to think and analyse things yourself, you are no longer a slave. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Isaacmacdon(m): 9:52am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Orikinla:Thank God someone came out to say d fact... I av to admit this.. We spend more time on out phones Dan books... Which destroys d common reading habit.. let's not go to d use of gadgets in d church by pastors.. leaving d holy book aside.. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by freeage7(m): 9:53am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Your article is well written bro. The dearth of reading culture in Nigeria is appalling. It has affected intellectual productivity. I refuse to blame it on the new media or the economic situation of the country, a lot of students are just too lazy to read. Many believe reading synopsis of most books is has good as reading the whole content of the book. I wish we could go back to the good old days when words are spelt properly, where group of people read various books and share ideas, the days where people are eager to devour literary works. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by An2elect2(f): 9:56am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Rapmoney: The men are not better....most of them are dumb as f.uck. 1 Like |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by ephi123(f): 9:57am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Ojisik: I loved Enid blyton books! Besides the foreign books, I read books by Nigerian and African authors - Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, and that was because my secondary school emphasized it and my parents also encouraged it. Those that are not reading are missing out a lot, a whole lot. The other issue is how accessible are books to kids these days? How many functional libraries are available in Nigeria? How many school libraries are well equipped? It's a real shame, and I think the government needs to prioritize this. A generation that fails to read would fail to grow. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by oyeezah(f): 10:00am On Aug 10, 2015 |
true, our reading culture has gone from bad to worse, and this has reflected on the kind of comments some people make when articles or topics are posted. I've observed that in most cases, they make comments that are "off points" because they do not take their time to read the article while some others just ask people who have read it to summarize for them. |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Porthable(m): 10:01am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Personally I'm of the opinion that you are wrong. Saying our generation doesn't read anymore is just a statement made out of baseless facts. That we have decided to do things differently doesn't mean we are doing nothing. Before novels it was pure verbal communication hence they told stories. Now because you don't see me hold paper novels doesn't mean I don't have an 11 gig of novels on my phone. I don't buy news papers but once click ngfeeds.com and nairaland I know I'm gonna get the news. 2 Likes |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by adedayourt(m): 10:03am On Aug 10, 2015 |
PING me wen it moves from worse to worst |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by oyeezah(f): 10:06am On Aug 10, 2015 |
SAMBARRY:you read my mind...plenty hugs to you 1 Like |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by martineverest(m): 10:06am On Aug 10, 2015 |
Comment of d day sparkwil: |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by freeage7(m): 10:10am On Aug 10, 2015 |
An2elect2:Both of you are very right. Some guys cannot hold a healthy conversation, so do some ladies. The blames end at both sides. 1 Like |
Re: The Reading Culture Has Gone From Bad To Worse by Realisticman: 10:13am On Aug 10, 2015 |
dfrost:Hahaha! I just corrected my self by writing 'Okay' after initially writing 'Ok'. Certainly correction by most of the electronic media we use these days have also contributed on the poor spelling we experience. Honestly we need an overhaul. Good post by the Op! What is even the full meaning of Op? |
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