RESPONSE	WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT	FACTORS THAT CAUSE    DECLINE IN READING         PROFICIENCY
Students have no time to read, with all the subjects they have to study in school, plus the distraction from cell phone texting, computer games, internet, TV, DVD's and the landlines.                   -C.K Yeo, IloIlo City	yes i agree that students have no time to read cause they have their social networking priority.	if the students have their determination to read they learn.
To many Filipinos especially in the rural areas reading is boring so they prefer to watch telenovelas on TV or listen to  drama on the radio. Because of technology, many would rather fiddle with cell phones, play computer games, or surf the internet than read books.           - E. Linsangan, Isabela	if people use their initiative to learn they learn more no tv or listen to drama on radio.no technology nothinless they would  learn.	tv,radio,cellphone ,play computer this is the cause.
Its because reading as a pastime has been eclipsed by the Filipinos' addiction to the idiot box, which has taken over their lives.  - Renato Taylan, Ilocos Norte	reading will not be eclipsed continue reading more and think positive.	never neglect reading.
Reading, just like  character formation, is developed in the home, with the family playing a vital role. I believe that exposure is the key. If kids acquire a good foundation, they will learn to love the habit. In some cases where kids are born in poverty, they have to content themselves with fewer resources, aggravated by the poor quality of textbooks, insufficient materials, unqualified teachers and the whole system. Among adults, where all Juan and Juana have to think about is where to get next day's meal, reading has no place in their lives. All they can afford to read, if at all, are cheap dailies that provide most temporary relief with only an an ounce of value.                - Imee Aglibot, Rizal	yes i agree that most of the filipinos family have no time for reading theyprioritize their daily foods in order them  to live longer reading of textbook of poor     filipino people were their second priority.	poverty were the first reason         why filipino neglect reading     poor of reading materials insuficient textbook unqualifie teachers
It means that filipinos prefer to feed their mouths first by earning a living rather than feed their minds by reading.  - Edwin Castillo, Tanuan City	for me feed mouth first before feed their   minds by reading if you not feed your mouth nothing less concentrate if your stomach is                                                 empty.	feed stomach but for me feed
What’s there to read, erroneous textbooks? Bad newspapers? gossip magazines?i’d rather sit and let the Discovery Channel work. By the way, I’m a working citizen, I pay taxes, and I know how to read. As for anybody who’s the opposite. I think they should start reading. -   - Rico Fabello, Paranaque City	for me you are a erroneuos like a textbookfor me you are a erroneuos like a textbookyour own capacity to read because everyone of us is not a perfect person.	. discovery channel he isdepended and lazy erroneous person.
The first reason why reading has not become a habit among Filipinos may be the high cost of reading materials. Books are beyond the reach of most Filipinos, many cannot even afford to buy a newspaper. Competition from the internet, TV, radio, movies, DVD’s and other forms of media is second, literacy could be the third reason. Fourth, unavailability of public libraries; those few that exist are poorly equipped. -         - Robert Young, Jr. San Juan	i agree many filipinos have illiterate because of   lacking materials if the government have a prog-  ram of free books for filipinos and newspaper so that every filipino read and will not be illiterate.	low equipped of readingmaterials high cost cannot even afford.
Many Filipinos do not read due to lack of education brought about by poverty. Others are content with handy sources of information and entertainment such as the television, radio, movies and the internet. Those interested to read are hampered by the high cost of reading materials. -       - Germi Sison, Cabanatuan City	lack of education will be the reason not to read. they content what have.	lack of education, poverty
The government should build more public libraries with a complete line of books. They should make the place more comfortable and the air should be cool for readers. -                - Vic Alim, Caloocan City	yes i agree as a student i like libraries place more comfortable me can concentrate more.	uncomfortable libraries.
Many Filipinos nowadays read, not because they love and enjoy it, but because they are forced to do so. The passion to really understand what is written in the book is not there to begin with, that is why  after reading a chapter or two of the assigned text, students tend to become bored and that is the reason why ever becomes a habit to them. It becomes a burden. -       -  J.C Macavinta, Caloocan City	for me reading is a passion bored filipinos nothing  learn .	bored is first comes to the person whenhe is not interested.
With corrupt people and a messed up DepED, teachers neglect reading and comprehension and book reports. This is due to our deteriorating educational system. Reading should be included in students from kinder to high school. -                - Ed Alawi, Davao City	corrupt people and the dep ed were affectingwith the supply of books corrupt people will not be tolerated.	with corrupt people  books were never release.
People were told to think, read and write in Filipino. Tell me what books in Filipino I should read in lieu of Hemingway, Sheldon and Longfellow. Up to the early ‘80s when the general  elementary and secondary curriculum were not changed , we were a nation of readers. After the general/ basic curriculum were altered to suit the leftist/ nationalist ideologies, the nation lost the appetite to read books in English. -          - Josh Pacatang, Dipolog City	i think the filipino because filipino books were easy to understand unlike english and foreign . they are more to think.	cannot concentrate what books to learn.