Education
Reading culture: Why every student should embrace it
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies; the man who never reads lives only one,” wrote American novelist George R.R. Martin in his book, A Dance with Dragons. These words echo one of the benefits of adopting a reading culture and why both parents and schools should promote it.
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Pupils in a reading lesson. A good reading culture should be inculcated at an early age. / Lydia Atieno