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I wanted to make a thread that would last a long time like R~D~'s thread debating if children under the age of 11 or 12 should have cell phones. But I don't know what to debate. I have debated with people about a lot of topics but I don't remember what they were. Does anybody have any suggestions?
submitted by Elizabeth D., age 14, Texas
(March 16, 2011 - 9:17 pm)
(March 16, 2011 - 9:17 pm)
Really? Yay! Now I want one much more than I did. It's more of a computer problem than anything else, really, I suppose.
(March 19, 2011 - 12:22 pm)
Yes. It's not at all like reading off a computer. The screen really does look like a piece of paper. It's simple and easy to navigate, without too many distracting features.
It holds a charge for a ridiculously long amount of time.
I love the fact that you can carry a few thousand books around with you wherever you go. (Well I can't yet because I'm not allowed to take it out of the house until the case Dad ordered arrives.)
You can buy books right off it, just by pressing a button, and it's right there for you to read in not even a minute. This is especially important to me because, living in Haiti, it's not easy for me to get books. If you order online they take forever to get here, and we don't go to the States that often.
It's not that I'm forswearing dead trees. I love paper books. I love browsing through bricks-n-mortar bookstores. BUT I see both as equally valid ways of consuming literature.
(March 19, 2011 - 12:47 pm)
Well, I would be extremely sad if physical books died out. I really like them! The thing is when I travel it's kind of stupid if I take millions of books with me( I read a lot at once). I was worried that a kindle was like a computer but I guess it's not. I think I may look into one.
@ ZNZ-- How does the book buying work? And, were you in Haiti when the earthquake hit? And, do you go to an English school?
I don't have a Kindle, but it does sound handy. However, I'll always love real books. I have some old ones that belonged to my grandmother, mother, and aunts. Also favorites from my own childhood. We pass them down from one generation to the next in our family. Has anyone heard of The Five Little Peppers, the Twins series by Lucy Fitch Perkins (The Dutch Twins, etc.), Uncle Wiggly, Clementina the Flying Pig, When the Root Children Wake Up, or Mrs. Piggle Wiggle?
Admin
(March 19, 2011 - 1:33 pm)
If you press the "Menu" button, there's an option for "Shop in Kindle Store." The Kindle Store looks and acts just like the Amazon website, more or less. Then if you find a book you want, you can press the buy button and it'll be charged to the account your Kindle is registered with. Or you can do it through regular Amazon - just click "Kindle Edition."
Yes, I was here for the EQ. Yes, I go to an English-speaking school.
@Admin: The only one I've heard of from your list is Piggle-Wiggle. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is seriously disturbing.
Aïda: bkoo
Oooh, ZNZ. I remember all the details of the Never Want to Go to Bedders' Cure, and the Won't Pick Up Toys Cure, and the Slow Eaters, Tiny Bite Taker's Cure!
Admin
(March 19, 2011 - 2:27 pm)
@Admin: I have heard of The Five Little Peppers and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. I absolutely love Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. I don't read them much anymore but I used to reread them over and over again.
(March 19, 2011 - 3:33 pm)
Sorry I'm kind of intruding here, as I have not said anything on this thread yet, but I wanted to throw a word or two in.
@ Admin--Ooh, I've read the Uncle Wiggly storybook. And the Little Peppers and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. I always wondered why someone would write a kids' book on growing vegetables until I read it and realized that the Peppers were children. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is the best. I love the story about the well-mannered pig who teaches the ill-mannered boy his table manners. And then the mother serves the pig bacon for breakfast.
@ ZNZ--I always forget that you live in Haiti since you never put it in the location. I'm sure you've already been grilled with a ton of questions about it, and I know you're probably sick of it, but I have just one. Are you a Haitian born in Haiti? Or are you an American born in Haiti? Or an American born in America and moved to Haiti?
Oh, I'm so happy that Uncle Wiggly and the Peppers and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle are still being read!
Admin
(March 20, 2011 - 8:03 pm)
I'm also a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle fan, and have reread the original book and the sequels (I think there are three, and the first two are just as good as the first one) many times. After reading the Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders cure at age 8, I made sure not to make a fuss about bedtime...
I've read the Little Peppers books, but it was so long ago I don't really remember them. :)
How about Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Radish Cure? One of the Pepper girls got measles and almost went blind. They put cool, damp cloths over her eyes. That's about all I remember of the Five Little Peppers.
Admin
(March 20, 2011 - 9:33 pm)
Oh, yes, the Radish Cure...But really, you'd need to not bathe for a very long time to accumulate enough dirt to grow radishes. :)
I remember when the Peppers got measles, and when they tried to make a birthday cake for their mother, but it failed (I think it was burned).
(March 21, 2011 - 10:27 am)
I would never really like to have a kindle because first staring at any screen for too long makes my eyes tired. Second there is something wonderful about holding a new book the smell, the look, everything and old books are equally wonderful, to know that what you are holding belonged to your grandparents or great grandparents is sort of exciting or to know that the book is a first edition and published a century or so ago. You don't really have first editions on a kindle. Thirdly what if it runs out of batteries or loses power or whatever it runs on and you don't have a computer handy because the places I read don't usaully. Lastly I don't really like to be holding something electronic all the time I don't have an Ipod or cellphone because I don't particularly like most technology.
(March 19, 2011 - 3:26 pm)
As I stated earlier, the Kindle screen looks like paper; it's not at all like reading from a screen. I have read it for hours at a time without any more eye strain than I would get off a dead tree.
Also, it doesn't need to be charged very often.
(March 19, 2011 - 5:25 pm)
The not having to be charged very often is definitely a bonus. My problem would be, instead of reading the school book I'm supposed to be reading, I'll be reading Harry Potter or something (oh, wait, I do that anyway.). And sometimes my eyes get tired too, but not near as much as they used to. Of course, I spend a lot more time on the computer than I used to.
I'll stop rambling and leave now...
(March 20, 2011 - 7:52 am)
I suppose I don't have anything wrong with Kindles. But, like Elizabeth D said, there's just something exciting about getting new books! Downloading a new book and seeing it fifteen seconds later isn't too exciting compared to going to a bookstore, and buying a new one, with a nice cover... can you read Kindles in the sun? That would be a downside if you couldn't. I know this is kinda random, (well, it has to do with saving trees) but I just recently bought an elephant poo journal. The pages are made of elephant poo. And my mom recently bought a notebook where the pages are made out of stone! I don't like that one particularly much-- it feels like chalkboard and I loathe that feeling.
(March 20, 2011 - 2:34 pm)
Yes, you can read them in the sun. That's one of the nice things about them.
(BTW: American born in Haiti.)
(March 21, 2011 - 6:35 am)