Age: 20
Hometown: Excelsior, Minnesota
Major: Early Childhood Education
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
a.
Yes
2.
When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
a.
Fiction
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
a.
I own about 50 books, and I would consider 6 of
them to be “literature.”
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
a.
Probably around 30
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
a.
About 1 hour
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
a.
2 hours
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
a.
4 hours
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
a.
2-3 hours, usually 1 hour is spent reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the Internet each
day?
a.
30 minutes
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
a.
1 hour
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
a.
None outside of sleeping
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
a.
Listening to music
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
a.
Stress-relieving, especially if I am invested in
a book.
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
a.
Harry Potter. They are all so good, so I can’t
pick my favorite.
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
a.
The subject of reading, writing, and literature.
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
a.
Being forced to do something that I don’t want
to do, but may end up enjoying.
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