With each passing year Our Nation’s Valued Educators record their students showing less and less ability to pay attention long enough to read anything of substance. But never fear! Modern Education has the Answer! DO NOT REQUIRE STUDENTS TO READ ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE.
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BTW, where are you guys at? Over the last few weeks we’ve had droughts followed by release bursts.
And for that mater, any Zo sightings?
I’m shocked … Shocked! that Hollow wood is giving up their EVs. Now maybe those of us who work for peanuts – but still pay THEM – can have enough electricity to watch one of their movies in one sitting, instead of a week or so because of rolling blackouts.
I read a LOT. I generally alternate between fiction and nonfiction, and usually spend a couple of hours each day on a book. [Yes, I am retired and have that luxury]. As Bill says, a good book will have you hooked by the end off the first page, but I tend to give it a full chapter. And, for me, it’s true that a good book becomes alive, like a movie in my imagination. I remember being in grade school and reading Charlotte’s Web under the covers with a flashlight, and crying myself to sleep way after my bedtime.
Bill, Did you say “a three-part trilogy”?
I experienced a similar phenomenon with the classics about 10 years ago (64 years sold) reading Moby Dick, Tale of two cities, War of the worlds and many more enjoyable books that I could not be bothered with in high school.
Same for me, with Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility in Middle School.
Glad you mentioned Mark Twain. My family visited friends in Missouri and we stopped in Hannibal and toured the cavern Twain played in as a kid and then wrote about it in Huckleberry Finn. It was not a commercial cavern like the touristy ones – it was undeveloped and only a simple light bulbs. They turned them off for a few seconds to show us how dark it was in there. Couldn’t see your hand if it was touching your nose! Very cool!
In high school I read the JRR Tolkien books in bed at night. I graduated in 1971. We were expected to complete reading assignments in school – it was not Shakespeare but the choices were real literature. I discovered Shakespeare on my own and love it to this day. I still like reading written books etc.
Again, why are paid subscribers that logged in having to see the Rumble ad every 7 minutes?!?!
Rick I never get stopped by an ad on this site. You must have a setting on rumble that is allowing ads. And when I say never, I do mean not one time.
What Ron SAE said I second. I use adblockers but I don’t have anything blocked on this site at all and I get no ads. If I’m not blocking anything and don’t get ads, this site is not serving the ads you’re seeing. Providing that you’re watching the videos here on BillWhittle.com of course. If you’re going to Rumble’s page that might be different. Which only leaves a malware/adware infection on your device as an explanation. If no one else is seeing ads and you are that’s the only way that can happen. If you’ll tell me what device and… Read more »
I’m using an iPad with Safari. Thanks.
I know that I get them on Rumble when I watch Bongino, but I haven’t paid for the subscription. My issue on that.
Your mojo must have worked. I just watched the current RA and no Rumble ads (even though I can see “Rumble” at the bottom of the video).
Perhaps I inadvertently jumped to the Rumble site. Dunno.
Thank to you and @Ron for your help.
You’re welcome. You’re behind the paywall in here so there should be no ads on any of Bill Whittle’s content. If there is, something isn’t working right so it never hurts to check if it’s just you or a broader issue. You see the Rumble watermark at the bottom of the video window because that’s where they’re linking the playback to. They upload there and play it back on your browser here. Sometimes it’s YouTube, mostly it’s Rumble. Other linked video may still contain ads if you’re not using an ad blocker browser extension. For Safari — Adblock, Adblock Plus… Read more »
Just watched the latest RA—with an ad in the middle. Grrr.
When is the last time you updated your iPad OS and Safari Browser? You have to do that regularly, best is as soon as any updates are available. If you’re already aware of updates and religiously applying them then forgive me, I don’t know how much you know about how this stuff works. I’m starting with updates because the transient nature of your ad interruptions makes me suspect a “man in the middle” problem. Updating your Operating System and Safari browser is the first step in ruling that out. Generally while iOS variants are claimed to be immune from viruses,… Read more »
Just updated my os. We’ll see how today goes. Thanks.
Also I forgot to mention that you should double check to see that you’re logged in behind the paywall when you start seeing ads. If you’re not logged in, then you might see ads.
Thanks. I now always log in, but have seen ads.
You’ve seen ads since you did the OS updates and while logged in? If so the next least invasive thing is the browser cleanup I detailed previously.
If you do that, make sure you have all of your login credentials (user and password) for any websites you visit copied somewhere safe. That’s going to clear the cache and cookies and reset the browser to default. Which will revert any customizations to their originally released state or remove them entirely.
I had a college English professor who acted out Paradise Lost (some of it) while leaping on his desk and rushing between our student’s desks as he recited (from memory) and taking on the persona of Satan quite convincingly. We did not read the entire 12 volumes in that class, but a goodly portion of two of them. Good professors will bring the subject to life like that. My calculus professor did much the same, but his was the harder task, I’ll admit. I’m pretty sure all my good professors were forced out of the classroom my bad professors who… Read more »
I’ve always loved reading, language, English, spelling, origin of names, etc., but I never “got” Shakespeare until I watched Franco Zefferelli’s 1968 movie, Romeo and Juliet. It was hugely helpful to see the words become conversations between characters. I especially understood the “I bite my thumb at thee” insult when I was able to see it and not just read it. Since that movie, which I saw at about 18 years, I’ve been able to “hear” not just Shakespeare, but all books, and not just read the words. What that newly discovered trick did for me back then has made… Read more »