Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI don't think they know.
The Grapes of Wrath is over 400 pages. At 12 pages every 30 minutes, that means your mother read to you for about 19 hours.
Did your instructor aprove of this?
But RFB&D did not have a copy 🙁 on tape for me.
So the school is putting it on CD for me right know.
They also gave me CD's of all my College books to lisson to the Books. It is required by law I guy to help out disabled students. I also get a reader for my tests and more time as well.
Leave the guy alone, at least he's learning. I know a lot of people who use dyslexia as an excuse not to read books. Come to think of it I know a lot of people who use everything as an excuse not to read books. Well done RBHILL, keep trying and keep learning. Books are man's collective consciousness, the thoughts of millions are at the tip of your fingers, a resevoir of endless knowledge awaits you. 🙂
Originally posted by StarrmanYes Thanks. I read when I can. I read chess books to🙂
Leave the guy alone, at least he's learning. I know a lot of people who use dyslexia as an excuse not to read books. Come to think of it I know a lot of people who use everything as an excuse not to read books. Well done RBHILL, keep trying and keep learning. Books are man's collective consciousness, the thoughts of millions are at the tip of your fingers, a resevoir of endless knowledge awaits you. 🙂
Yes lots of people use excuses.
I have this guy who thinks he is my friend. He is 27 still lives at home, doesn't work. Says up till 3 am and gets up at 1 pm. He doesn't read and doesn't even try. But I still Pray for him.
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Originally posted by rwingett
For everyone who is participating in the RHP bookclub, you've got four days to finish reading Voltaire's Candide. So get busy. Discussion will start on the 28th.
.... that will be a hell of a discussion .... 😛
EDIT: It will be interesting to see how much pushing, pulling and reviving this discussion will need to survive at least a reasonable amount of time.
EDIT II: This is meant to be an encouragement for those who decided to enter this adventure ..... I admire your courage and optimism.
Originally posted by StarrmanUm. I still have a few pages. I won't get to them until tonight (EDT) after
Yup, I'm finished and ready to discuss, but I'm a bit busy today. I'll chip in when I can. Interestingly my copy had a whole load of critiques of other works by Voltaire in the back which provided some interesting insights into his life and works 🙂
Evening Prayer.
It sounds like you had a better (more interesting) experience than I did.
Nemesio
Originally posted by rwingettAh good thing I went ahead and reread it a few weeks ago. I'll respond when I get home and have the text in front of me. Although Voltaire was mainly aiming at Leibnitz's concept of the "best of all possible worlds," I think this might still be a handy read for those xtian apologist that use the Unknown Purpose Defense to get out of the Argument from Needless Pain and Suffering. The idea of the UPD being that needless P and S exist because they are necessary to achieve the best "possible" world. Naturally this is exactly what Voltaire mocks in Candide.
For everyone who is participating in the RHP bookclub, you've got four days to finish reading Voltaire's Candide. So get busy. Discussion will start on the 28th.