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> On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
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> Michael Watterson wrote:
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>> Parents are a more powerful influence than School though.
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> Probably.
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>> Performance of kids in Education and the amount they read is mostly
>> dependent on the Home environment and how much is read at home. My
>> Brother is of course the "exception that proves the rule", in that my
>> Parents have read and have room-fulls of books as has my sister and
>> I. We think my brother has read two books.=20

When I was young, the house had maybe 10 books .... maybe.  Out of a family=
 of 5 ( Mum, Dad , brother , sister ) I had read more books before I was si=
x than they have read in their entire lives combined.  My dad was often try=
ing to drag me away from reading to play sports. He was sporty. Did not tak=
e very well.  My brother is a A+ skier but that is all the sportiness in th=
e siblings.
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> He isn't exactly an exception. Even though he may not read himself a
> lot, he's been influenced by a home environment where reading was
> normal. IMO it's not only the own reading that has that effect, it's
> also the environment.
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>> He is also the wealthyist member of family and has done no third level
>> Education.
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> Education and knowledge aren't exactly closely related to wealth... :)
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> Gerhard


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