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From: Pteet at aol.com <Pteet>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 15:11:16 EDT
Micki,
In my post, I had made mention of adult distractions as one of my theories about world-building being different for adults and children, but I took it out because these days, children are more like adults
(overscheduled, overstimulated, harried) than they were when I was young. I absolutely think you're right, though, about that being a factor.
I'm just really interested in the neurological differences, because even though, as Lisa says, I can become so involved in the world of a book that I'm completely immersed, and miss my subway stops (figuratively, since I no longer live in Manhattan!), and get taken far away, the experience is qualitatively different (not inferior, just different in kind) from how it was for me as a child.
I'm going to go poke around on the website Monica suggested, and see if there's anything at all to support my vague theories, or if I'm creating castles in the air.
Cheers, Elizabeth
*** Elizabeth Bluemle
_www.flyingpigbooks.com_ (http://www.flyingpigbooks.com)
_www.elizabethbluemle.com_ (http://www.elizabethbluemle.com)
P.S. Off-topic: If anyone is going to be on the Cape this weekend, I'll be at Titcomb's and Eight Cousins on Sunday and would love to see some CCBC faces in person.
In a message dated 5/26/2006 6:40:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, MNevett at aol.com writes:
I've been thinking about this since the question was first raised- I think for me it's as simple as time- I remember long summer days when I could just
relax and read, winter days when I could curl up on a chair and read, nights when I could "sneak" under the blanket-tent... my life was fairly uncomplicated and responsibility free.... now it just seems harder to find the quiet time to just turn off the rest of the world when I read! I don't think it's so much the lack of imagination, it is just increasingly difficult to totally leave everything else behind and
"fall" into the world of the book...multi tasking is also not a friend of the true reader.... I've been trying to come up with a book that really "took me away" as an adult like books did when I was younger. Perhaps POSSESSION... Micki
Micki S. Nevett Westmere Elementary School Guilderland Central School District Albany, NY 12203 nevettm at guilderlandschools.org
_mnevett at aol.com_ (mailto:mnevett at aol.com)
Received on Fri 26 May 2006 02:11:16 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 15:11:16 EDT
Micki,
In my post, I had made mention of adult distractions as one of my theories about world-building being different for adults and children, but I took it out because these days, children are more like adults
(overscheduled, overstimulated, harried) than they were when I was young. I absolutely think you're right, though, about that being a factor.
I'm just really interested in the neurological differences, because even though, as Lisa says, I can become so involved in the world of a book that I'm completely immersed, and miss my subway stops (figuratively, since I no longer live in Manhattan!), and get taken far away, the experience is qualitatively different (not inferior, just different in kind) from how it was for me as a child.
I'm going to go poke around on the website Monica suggested, and see if there's anything at all to support my vague theories, or if I'm creating castles in the air.
Cheers, Elizabeth
*** Elizabeth Bluemle
_www.flyingpigbooks.com_ (http://www.flyingpigbooks.com)
_www.elizabethbluemle.com_ (http://www.elizabethbluemle.com)
P.S. Off-topic: If anyone is going to be on the Cape this weekend, I'll be at Titcomb's and Eight Cousins on Sunday and would love to see some CCBC faces in person.
In a message dated 5/26/2006 6:40:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, MNevett at aol.com writes:
I've been thinking about this since the question was first raised- I think for me it's as simple as time- I remember long summer days when I could just
relax and read, winter days when I could curl up on a chair and read, nights when I could "sneak" under the blanket-tent... my life was fairly uncomplicated and responsibility free.... now it just seems harder to find the quiet time to just turn off the rest of the world when I read! I don't think it's so much the lack of imagination, it is just increasingly difficult to totally leave everything else behind and
"fall" into the world of the book...multi tasking is also not a friend of the true reader.... I've been trying to come up with a book that really "took me away" as an adult like books did when I was younger. Perhaps POSSESSION... Micki
Micki S. Nevett Westmere Elementary School Guilderland Central School District Albany, NY 12203 nevettm at guilderlandschools.org
_mnevett at aol.com_ (mailto:mnevett at aol.com)
Received on Fri 26 May 2006 02:11:16 PM CDT
