tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6397777926378786069.post1817266727001281035..comments2010-08-30T09:54:50.034-04:00Comments on Where's Wiebe: Week away links 8-29-10Travis Wiebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994400662391393964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6397777926378786069.post-4307180407792784952010-08-30T09:54:50.034-04:002010-08-30T09:54:50.034-04:00Books are good! I doubt osmosis has much to do wi...Books are good! I doubt osmosis has much to do with this, but here's the key quote:<br /><br />"Children who grew up in households which contained 500 books or more stayed in education on average three years longer than children who grew up in bookless households. The relationship between the size of the library of books was a better predictor than the parent’s own level of education or occupational status. This was found to be true across rich and poor countries, communist and capitalist, and in North America, Africa, Asia and Europe."<br /><br />I wonder if you have to read the books?Travis Wiebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994400662391393964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6397777926378786069.post-29663877971428295002010-08-30T00:40:35.932-04:002010-08-30T00:40:35.932-04:00RE: "Just buying some books..." I had th...RE: "Just buying some books..." I had the good fortune to have a set of Encyclopedias in my room growing up. I can't tell you how much I learned from those things.Taylorhttp://a.comnoreply@blogger.com