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Millionaire Bash (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/lemmybewholesome
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[–] NineMileTower 137 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Those kids are at MOST in 3rd grade.

Here are the approximate word counts for each book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: ~77,000 words
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ~85,000 words
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: ~107,000 words
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: ~190,000 words
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: ~257,000 words
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: ~168,000 words
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: ~198,000 words

In total, the series contains around 1,082,000 words across all seven books.

They would have had to read the entire Harry Potter series. They would have read "War and Peace" twice. They would have read about 80 Capt. Underpants books. They would have had to read about 50 Goosebumps books. A book for a 3rd grader typically consists of about 20,000 words, so in 10.5 months (school year) they would have to read almost 5 chapter books a month. Impressive at that age.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 49 points 3 months ago

Wow, that really puts it into perspective. Definitely something to celebrate!

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's definitely an achievement but like all millionaires there's some "cheating" going on: a lot of those words are repeats! Open any book at random and count how many "the"s there are on the two pages!

;-)

(By the way, if you have a pre-reading toddler, reading a storybook aloud with your finger under the words and stopping to let them read all the "the"s is an empowering way to start.)

[–] ClockworkOtter 8 points 3 months ago

I like the tip for reading with toddlers!

[–] grue 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[email protected]

(Somebody still needs to create !theydidthemonstermath)

[–] samus12345 8 points 3 months ago

and !itwasagraveyardgraph.

[–] ggppjj 12 points 3 months ago

I was an avid reader as a kid, and took the Accelerated Reader tests almost religiously.

I switched school systems one year and jammed out all the tests I could remember.

Got an award at the end of the year. A neat little blue engraved plaque. Not sure where it ended up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

50 Goosebumps doesn't actually seem that much when I look at my bookshelf and see all the Goosebumps books I had. That's about how many would come out in a single school year!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I was clearing 3 Goosebumps books a week at that age (Until I ran through them all and switched to the Redwall series). I didn't have the internet back then though and had to share the TV and game consoles with my brother so there were less distractions. Good job to the kids.

[–] aeronmelon 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Those kids are WAY better dressed than I ever will be.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

It's their confidence. They look adorable and they know it.

[–] Shou 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Especially the kod woth the green shirt. I could never be that stylish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What Happened to your 'i' key?

[–] Shou 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Butterfingers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Your I’s are in your hands, and you have butterfingers?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's like 10-20 adult novels. Respect.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or 2.2 Sanderson books

[–] WoahWoah 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or a little less than one Proust novel.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

or about 1.3 Bibles

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Or about a quarter of a single Super Smash Bros fanfic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Or like 5 Faulkner sentences

[–] CluckN 24 points 3 months ago

Shoutout to the school getting a limo for them is radical.

[–] Marcumas 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Since when did every little kid have a suit? I never knew anyone with one when I was a kid

[–] Etterra 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't get dragged around to church as a kid obviously lol. Although I've come to understand that jeans and a button-down are currently considered fine, which well I have a chip on my shoulder against organized religion (although with therapy at least it's a small one) I am firmly against formal wear because I believe it only exists to reinforce the class divide.

Nevertheless, these are little kids, and they made them feel special for accomplishing something impressive in an educational context. So for that I will simply say good job education system, you actually got this one right.

Also that tall one on the right looks like he's doing a Samuel L. Jackson impersonation and nailing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I did. No suits here.

[–] ripcord 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey, in the 1940s, every man/boy had a suit. And a hat. And they wore it all the time. For everything. Even mowing the lawn!

[–] Anticorp 2 points 3 months ago

Because it was the only outfit they owned.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

What a great idea. Wealth like this should be celebrated more often. Fuck monetary wealth, let's start celebrating reading, creating and learning again!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not to be confused with the Billionaire Bash which is a very different event

[–] frostysauce 5 points 3 months ago

But the Billionaire Bash leads to the Billionaire Cookout...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That would be a lot of words

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Literacy is important and anything to get kids to read (at or above their level) is amazing!

[–] CheeryLBottom 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love the little dude with the suspenders and hat ,<3

[–] Anticorp 5 points 3 months ago

He's like that Tiger Woods meme guy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Lil man, Andre 300