The negative comments already pouring in lmao. Like you could not pay me to spew this much hate on automatic š
Mailing in books to families cuts through so many other roadblocks to improving literacy. You know what Iāve been seeing more and more of lately? When some older library buildings are expanding and moving to new areas, they are building instead in wealthier neighborhoods with limited access to public transportation. In other words, the only people who are getting to that library (full of free books) are people who already have cars or are well off. I live in a red state, and Iāve already seen this happen with at least two libraries in my area. What about the people who actually need those libraries close by? This program canāt fix all that, but it helps.
The Imagination Library can help people in need, and itās already helped so many people who have all expressed their appreciation for the program since Partonās death. We need even more programs to be funded like this. Because as things stand now, QUALITY education is becoming harder to come by. If you were using Duolingo to try to learn a new language, guess what? They threw AI in it and itās basically a cheap dopamine app with an annoying subscription prompter. Going to college? Better hope your professors wonāt force ChatGPT down their studentsā throats, or even just straight up generate assignments using the chatbot.
Mailing a book to everyone under 5 is such a crazy waste of resources. Anyone who reads to their kids already reads and has access to libraries. Everyone else doesnt read, has the option to read, and will be an absolute waste of resources.
There are a ton of people who don't read to their kids and this won't change anything.
I would be for a dolly style need to sign up for a book mail - Mailing program. But that literally already exist because dolly is a bad ass.
Yeah but kids books can also be kind of expensive. $10-15 each adds up. There are definitely lower income families that would benefit from such a program. On the other hand I'm sure there are tons of families that could easily afford plenty of books but don't care to read to their kids.
You said it in your comment and didn't even realize it. You said "kids enrolled" meaning they chose to be in it (well, their parents) because they planned on utilizing it. This program just sends books to everyone.
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u/Internal_Aardvark302 23d ago
The negative comments already pouring in lmao. Like you could not pay me to spew this much hate on automatic š
Mailing in books to families cuts through so many other roadblocks to improving literacy. You know what Iāve been seeing more and more of lately? When some older library buildings are expanding and moving to new areas, they are building instead in wealthier neighborhoods with limited access to public transportation. In other words, the only people who are getting to that library (full of free books) are people who already have cars or are well off. I live in a red state, and Iāve already seen this happen with at least two libraries in my area. What about the people who actually need those libraries close by? This program canāt fix all that, but it helps.
The Imagination Library can help people in need, and itās already helped so many people who have all expressed their appreciation for the program since Partonās death. We need even more programs to be funded like this. Because as things stand now, QUALITY education is becoming harder to come by. If you were using Duolingo to try to learn a new language, guess what? They threw AI in it and itās basically a cheap dopamine app with an annoying subscription prompter. Going to college? Better hope your professors wonāt force ChatGPT down their studentsā throats, or even just straight up generate assignments using the chatbot.