An idea you wouldn't read about

There were some people at my high school who couldn't wait to get into the library at lunchtime or before and after school. Alas, they were mostly not the popular ones, but they were certainly well-read. But in a move to get the "cool" kids into libraries - possibly hoping that there will be some rub-off effect, some high schools in the United States are installing coffee shops in their libraries. Surprisingly, this may not be the only recent effort to boost literacy. On the flight today the entertainment system was not operating to normal parameters for the first couple of hours. As well as sending people to books and magazines, it had the additional benefit of having people talking to each other - even people who weren't travelling together - something one of the flight attendants thought was unusual and wonderful.