“I don’t want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t, then you’ve got, the army, Iraq, I don’t know, something like that. It’s not as bright. So, that’s my little commercial for that.” No, that’s not the latest John Kerry reelection ad. Those are the words of Stephen King speaking before Washington, D.C. area high school students at a writing symposium at the Library of Congress on April 4th.
Talk amongst yourselves. Personally, I think he’s a moron. His words are about as fictitious as his writings!
Nice to see Mr. King giving the kids such high standards to shoot for. Instead of underscoring the importance of a getting a good education while they have the opportunity, he mentions that merely being able to read is fine.
His mention of the Army being an option is too rediculous to bear witness. While the ASVAB that I took wasn’t too mentally challenging, you don’t make it through basic training unless you’ve got your wits about you and you want it…badly.
David