New York City and the black urban world have so many problems that I realize this is like applying a bandaid to a broken dam. But still it’s a positive. I also know that the books are probably not “FR approved” but illiteracy is a dark hole. Books by Thomas Sowell do no good to an illiterate. All in all I consider this a good move by this school.
I am very pleased to see that this is not the bee, which was my first guess.
A good news story, though I very much agree that this is like applying a Band-Aid to a dam. Still, better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
The school I worked at in NV has this machine. The kids love it!
I think this is a decent idea but let me ask. What ever happened to libraries on campus and the incentive to use them.
When I was a young lad library books were one of our major forms of entertainment next to playing in the cow pastures and hunting. There was no tv, computer internet or a bedroom full of toys.
Unfortunately, NY City doesn’t require that children learn to read.