Comments on: Do Malaysians read? https://glendalarke.com/2007/12/do-malaysians-read/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2007/12/do-malaysians-read/#comment-22984 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:46:00 +0000 #comment-22984 Yes, I am in agreement there, Peter. Of a child is read to every day from a very young age, it is almost certain they will be a reader when they grow up. Such a simple remedy, and so few parents do it.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2007/12/do-malaysians-read/#comment-22983 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:11:00 +0000 #comment-22983 I have found that many non-readers have not developed the patience and concentration necessary to sustain extended reading.
If more parents spent time reading stories to young children it would dramatically increase the reader base in future generations.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2007/12/do-malaysians-read/#comment-22982 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:51:00 +0000 #comment-22982 We are probably the idiots indeed.
Worrying about fictional characters when there is usually quite enough to worry about right under our noses?

Still, I would really really hate to have to wait without a book, and there is an awful lot of waiting done in a developing nation. Mind you, it is miles better than when I first came to Malaysia – then you had to wait much longer, and always without aircon and often even without fans.

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2007/12/do-malaysians-read/#comment-22981 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:04:00 +0000 #comment-22981 A phenomenon not limited just to Malaysia, I think.

I suppose a complicating factor is that lot of people simply feel no need or desire for such an education – except perhaps in the form of entertainment, or temporary escapism to let off steam, without letting it interfere too much with the ‘reality’ of their daily lives. Ignorance is bliss?

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