Answer: Because Donald Trump has one.
Over the weekend we had more victims of the public health crisis known as gun violence. I have written so much about this topic that there's nothing I can even say about it anymore.
However, when Donald Trump stood at the podium Monday morning and read off a teleprompter, he still got the name of the city wrong. He said "Toledo" instead of "Dayton."
The reason he said this is because the teleprompter said "Texas and Ohio."
It's hard to read from a teleprompter. I've done it. But there are many cases where Trump has stumbled over text on a teleprompter. (That's how we got the fearless Colonial army storming the airports.)
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Lots of people hate to read, and there are many ways to overcome reading disabilities. There are also quite a number of ways to compensate for an inability to read well -- especially if you're rich. I've seen students of mine offer to pay classmates to "help" with reading assignments. I've seen parents do reading assignments for their children. I've seen kids pass off assignments from year to year, I've seen them crib stuff off the Internet, and I've seen them assiduously "reading" books that have been made into movies.
The trouble with these avoidance techniques is that you can't learn nearly as much if you struggle to read. You inevitably wind up with less general knowledge than your peers, because it's just not possible for family and friends and the t.v. to do all your reading for you. So you grow up, and you're not stupid, but you just don't know as much as other people. Your knowledge gap only widens if you're in a job that requires reading, and you don't do it.
This is all well and good if you want to spend your life exploiting pretty women and stiffing workers who've contracted to you and more or less hanging with the worst riff raff in the leisure class. But if you need to make an honest living, or you need to apply expertise to a difficult job, you are working at a great disadvantage.
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3 comments:
the dump also doesn't have a brain/heart/soul. he is like a balloon, full of hot air.
functioning illiterate..and not well at that.
He definitely has a problem with reading. I read an article a few days ago that alleged he needs glasses and has admitted he's too vain to wear them. The writer stated that he had trouble reading from the teleprompter when he came up with Toledo--because he couldn't quite see the teleprompter. I think it's more than needing glasses. He could read a piece of paper if he held it up to his nose. My vision is extremely bad. I manage to read without my glasses when it's necessary. I'd like to know how he graduated from college. Some someones took tests and wrote essays for him? I don't know. His refusal to read seems to be a long-term situation, so I agree that he lacks the skills necessary to read.
Love,
Janie
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