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We__e suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don__ read but, actually, we__e condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, __ake this or you__e going to die._ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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We__e suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don__ read but, actually, we__e condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, __ake this or you__e going to die._ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

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