reading hands and reading books
three sessions so far here in atlantic city; +222, +195, +28. as usual, these are bad and loose players. the first day, i won almost all of that on one hand when, after sitting there for over an hour and a half without playing in a hand, i raise with aces up to 20 dollars and am called in two places. flop comes K, 8, 4 rainbow; gotta like that. since there is 60+ dollars in the pot, i bet 75 and this fool raises me another 75 so i go all in and he calls with K-9 off suit. tells me after i rake in the pot, "i thought you were bluffing." there ya go. it is now 24 wins out of the last 30 sessions which, for those of you who went to public schools, is an 80% win rate and, brothers and sisters, i can live with that.
speaking of public schools, a report today on cnn that says that american youth are reading less than ever. employers report that 38% of applicants read poorly and 79% of them cannot write a coherent sentence. that is frightening for all of us and bodes ill for the country. if you have children, read to them starting at 6 months or so. encourage them to read by example; remember that ALL learning starts with reading. keep your children away from the crap that is on tv because if you don't you will end up with children who are poorly prepared for the real world. way too many parents seem to use tv as a babysitter and then are surprised when their child's teacher tells them that little bobby is an idiot.
oh well, don't want to preach so will close for now. happy thanksgiving to all of you!
speaking of public schools, a report today on cnn that says that american youth are reading less than ever. employers report that 38% of applicants read poorly and 79% of them cannot write a coherent sentence. that is frightening for all of us and bodes ill for the country. if you have children, read to them starting at 6 months or so. encourage them to read by example; remember that ALL learning starts with reading. keep your children away from the crap that is on tv because if you don't you will end up with children who are poorly prepared for the real world. way too many parents seem to use tv as a babysitter and then are surprised when their child's teacher tells them that little bobby is an idiot.
oh well, don't want to preach so will close for now. happy thanksgiving to all of you!
posted by Ron Shock | 1:32 PM
2 Comments:
I made a lot of mistakes raising my kids, but lack of reading wasn't one of them. I read to them most nights from toddler age until a few years after they could read their own books, and we were never short of books to read. One of the better "investments" I made.
"Use TV as a babysitter"- that's a nice, right-on-target image.
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