Bravo!

Wow, thank you very much!

Wood shakes Wood(s).

v0.4.0 I appreciate it!

Perhaps this is the same issue Arctic users were having? https://lemm.ee/post/34248154

It was similar in my school, I mean aside from objective textbooks like in science or history. Apart from a couple stories, I've never really enjoyed reading fiction, and as a result, I struggled in school as that was the focus for gauging reading comprehension and other metrics.

Where I lacked in desire to read fiction, I was obsessed with poring through the encyclopedias we had at home. I would read ahead in history and math and science. I had no problems grasping the material and applying what I'd learned. In many ways, I feel this was not recognized by teachers and that the education system failed me in this regard.

I love reading to learn about the world, and I understand fiction can provide insight into other people's perspectives, but it is still difficult for me to engage with fiction. It just doesn't interest me the same way.

This isn't to say we should change how we impart the joy of reading to kids. I'm not sure how I'd deal with my case, even if I could go back in time. There's a good fiction plot somewhere in here, I guess. "Man goes back in time to spark new interest in himself to read fiction, ultimately fails, but the child reflects on it later in life and continues the time loop."

To truly answer your question, I feel like I need to read about child development and the education system in general.

There's no paper or webpage long enough.

Not OP, but I am in a blue collar job and do the same. I get up at 4am and between brewing then drinking my coffee, eating a small breakfast, using the facilities, and doing general stuff getting ready to go to work, I then leave about 615am and clock in by 7am. I either read or listen to the news the whole time, or in this case, I also replied to your comment.

I think a lot of people are very much pissed about their situations, but also mislead and/or ignorant about what the problems actually are, how solutions can be enacted, and both who can lead and who to blame.

There's also burnout. I think most people are just trying to make sure they can get to work, see their family, raise their kids, etc. The system works to grind us down so we don't put up a fight, and the system is working well.

My wife is like this. We'll be on a walk and she'll stop mid sentence to walk ten feet into someone's yard and grab a four leaf clover. She does this all the time and we have a huge collection of them, and that's with us usually giving them away to people we pass further down on our walks.

1. Behind the Bastards
2. Blowback

I didn't listen to any other podcasts because there's enough in these series to fill my work time and induce a rabid research of the topics discussed.