Local View: Students weren't reading anyway — then the virus came
Local View: Students weren’t reading anyway — then the virus came From the column: "Call it the 'out-smartphone' if it has the power to distract us when it’s not even in the same room." Written By: Aaron R. Boyson | 8:00 am, Jan. 17, 2021 × From 2010 to 2018, leisure reading dropped from 20 minutes to 16 minutes per day. You know, like reading the Opinion section of a newspaper. Take out the elderly, and it drops to six minutes per day — less than an hour a week. Nobody wants more 2020 drama, but one of the worst things about last year went basically unnoticed....
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