Your Letters
14:30 UK time, Monday, 25 April 2011
Should every child play chess? Yes. Made to? No.
Tim Simmons @BBC News Magazine
Re: Should every child be made to play chess? Given the opportunity, yes. Taught how to, yes. Made to - NO. Forcing anyone to do something can be very counter productive, but giving incentives to participate is good.
Roofie Thompson @BBC News Magazine
Re: Should every child be made to play chess? Bingo is not a thinking game. Unless I'm missing some vital point about it.
Jacktpeanut
So swearing relieves pain, according to the Telegraph and 10 Things? A bit behind the times, or at least the BBC. You reported on exactly this story, based on the same journal article, in 2009. Do keep up.
Kevin McConway, Milton Keynes
Regarding Paper Monitor: The art of trying to appear normal. Firstly I would like to know what/who is normal and who decided that it/they were normal. Obviously people who are thinking about such things can't be regarded as normal.
Ian Friend @BBC News Magazine
Hi, I'm William, married to Catherine Elizabeth who is born on same day as Kate Middleton and we both from Berkshire. How royal!
William Stott, Wokingham, England
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