Education Quote by Dave Eggers
“The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Commencement at University of Michigan, 2012
Ensuring lifelong literacy requires nurturing reading habits beyond school years.
In simple terms: Keeping students reading after high school.
Key Takeaway
Support reading programs.
Themes
education
literacy
future
Mood
hopeful
concerned
Type
policy
philosophical
When to use this quote
- school curricula
- public libraries
- family reading time
Key Concepts
policy
culture
motivation
Questions to Reflect On
- What incentives sustain reading?
- How can communities promote adult literacy?
A Different Perspective
Reading habits often decline without incentives.
![“Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be rendered . . . worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f1/thomas-jefferson-43_able_students-of-reading-writing-and-common-a_1559038.jpg)
