{"id":8839,"date":"2025-09-22T06:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:24:09","slug":"watching-movies-and-videos-is-fun-but-to-truly-master-a-subject-we-need-to-read-books-repeatedly-and-apply-what-we-learn-otherwise-we-will-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/22\/watching-movies-and-videos-is-fun-but-to-truly-master-a-subject-we-need-to-read-books-repeatedly-and-apply-what-we-learn-otherwise-we-will-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching movies and videos is fun, but to truly master a subject, we need to read books repeatedly and apply what we learn; otherwise, we will forget."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watching movies and videos is fun, but to truly master a subject, we need to read books repeatedly and apply what we learn; otherwise, we will forget.<br><br>Generation Z and Alpha often prefer using smart devices over reading books, as they feel their best teachers are on their smartphones and iPads.<br><br>Using AI, smartphones, and iPads is not inherently bad, but we should prioritize books over technology for deeper learning.<br><br>Books whether hard copy, digital, or other forms are vital to closing the learning loop.<br><br>Based on my research at Lone Star College CyFair, our education system is failing and deserves a grade of &#8216;F&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"247\" src=\"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-49-512x247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8840\" srcset=\"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-49-512x247.png 512w, http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-49-255x123.png 255w, http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-49.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching movies and videos is fun, but to truly master a subject, we need to read books repeatedly and apply&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}