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Things we have read, things we like to read, and authors we like
Lot's of different things, especially psychic, spiritual stuff, Meditation and yogaAlso books on parenting and child development and toddler's behavior
Life stories and issues that are here and now: True life stories; Romances; Relationships; Horror; Thrillers; Mysteries; Beauty & Health; V.C. Andrews - Flowers in the Attic; Stephen King; Anne Rice; Nancy Drew
But magazines are better because the articles are shorter and there's a whole lot of different kinds of articles in magazines. We like to read magazines, especially the advise columns and the psychic stuff. We talked about magazines and how we like them better than books. It's hard to stay focused and read a whole book, especially alone. We might be able to read a whole book with a group. We couldn't take it home to read it because we would never have the time to finish it. It's better to read it together in the class.
General Comments about Reading
We think that the book group has helped us with our reading. *___ says she just relearned how to read this year. *___ feels that she has slowed down her reading. By taking her time she now understands better what she is reading. *___ says she's not had any trouble with reading.
Pictures really help along with the explanations under them.
It's easiest to read when I'm by myself in a quiet room. It's hardest when it's noisy and there's lot of people.
It's easiest when it's simple and hardest when it's like legal stuff.
Reading expands your mind to new interests. It pertains to everything we do like legal documents, work rules, etc.
Sometimes it's hard to find things to read because we don't know how to research the things we want to read. A booklist with simplified readings on it would help.
Topics or Book Subjects We Want
Something that presents an alternative view to "the Surrendered Wife" &endash; how can we have good equal relationships?
How you can make relationships better for yourself?
*___ thinks that books on anorexia shouldn't only focus on 16 & 17 year old girls. She's now a 32 year old woman still struggling with anorexia and now sees it happening to her 8 year old son. She wants something that talks about the family connections of anorexia and various age groups that suffer from it.
True stories; info PMS; Gossip stuff about stars; Parenting; How to leave an abusive relationship; How to talk to your children about divorce; True stories about teens; Real stories about someone's life as a regular person; Childhood behavior and childhood depression; Brain injury survivors
Something that will help us to learn more about how teach our boys to become good men.
Stories by adults who remember the things they did when they were young as children, especially when they were teenagers.
Books on finances, budgeting, credit, money issues, savings accounts, investing
We also talked about these things (general things we talked about on the side)
We talked about eating disorders for a long time. *___ just feels like whenever she looks at herself in the mirror, she's huge. *___ and *___ asked questions about what anorexia is and tried to understand it and what it feels like.
Sylvia Brown - psychic
Future goals:
* to finish school and go to vocational school* to be able to read instructions an directions and understand documents and to higher my education
* to get my GED and to get my sons the help they need
Our ideas on reading materials about women's lives and concerns
I like to read about women's lives because it makes me feel like I'm not alone. Other women feel the way I do. And sometimes life doesn't seem so bad.
Women like to know that they're not the only ones that are going through whatever it is they're going through. It helps us to work out our problems.
Sometimes the library is too overwhelming. It's good when the librarian helps us. And bookstores are for sure too overwhelming. We thought it would be a good idea, in both the library and the bookstore, if there could be a directory in the front that has a map of where things are. It's too hard to look up and see all the signs. It would be good if there was a section called "easy to read books." We do not think this is insulting. Having them in one place would be good. The directory would show where to go to find them. And then in the section, they could be divided by subject &endash; like history, health, stories, etc.
We would also be willing to use a website that talks about literacy materials and expressed the opinions of adults learning to read. This would be good if it was easy to find and easy to use.
One woman in our group would also like to know how to get a website started. It would be interesting to start one.
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Mixed Race: Mexican & White - 1 |
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