Kids get a $2 discount if they read a book aloud to this barber in Michigan while he sorts them out. The kids also get quizzed on what they read. “It’s not just about reading, but also about comprehension,” said Ryan Griffin, the barber who created the program at The Fuller Cut barbershop in Ypsilanti. “It hit me like a book! I was like, that is so responsible to have these kids not waste their time just either sitting there doing nothing, or playing a video game. They can read,” Griffin told CNN. Almost all of Griffin’s clientele is African-American. He says he really wanted to offer his younger visitors books with a strong, positive message. Via CNN
my little brother is hella dyslexic and basically just has to memorize what pronunciation goes with each spelling bc wtf are phonics? so having encouragement like this to read aloud from a nonjudgemental adult - and having a distraction from your haircut bc my lil bro is also ADHD as shit - is super fucking awesome. read ryan griffin’s quote at the end, this is a good man, and props to him also for finding positive books about being Black or mixed for his kids to read!!
Let me start off by saying that I’m not particularly religious. If you asked me if I believed in God, I’d probably just shrug, grunt out a few words about being on the fence about it and continue with my day.
Of course, that was before last night.
My friends are the kinds of people who like wild nights. Crazy parties, snort a bit of coke, take a bit of e in the bathroom, maybe hook up with someone and leave a text on my phone at ten past who-the- fuck-knows telling me they don’t need that ride I’m offering after all.
every time this post comes around, my favorite part is the “I know it’s the Mets” qualifier at the beginning lmao like how baseball that this zillion note posts starts with “sorry for putting this hellteam on your dash, bUT”
