Exactly! Just as slaves were forbidden to learn to read - knowledge is too powerful.
And I don't know about there, but here, libraries are a great place to connect with help from people. If you don't have a computer or the computer skills to google (or if google fails you) you can ask a librarian to help you research, and there are no stupid questions.
And libraries here have all kinds of free or dirt-cheap services - public computers with internet access, classes for people to learn basic computer skills, classes on anything you can imagine, discussion groups and clubs for whatever there's enough collective interest in... My library also has a great children's section with a big open space to play (they have lots of stuffed animals lying around) and read. My kids are in heaven there, pulling dozens of books off the shelves and asking to read.
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And I don't know about there, but here, libraries are a great place to connect with help from people. If you don't have a computer or the computer skills to google (or if google fails you) you can ask a librarian to help you research, and there are no stupid questions.
And libraries here have all kinds of free or dirt-cheap services - public computers with internet access, classes for people to learn basic computer skills, classes on anything you can imagine, discussion groups and clubs for whatever there's enough collective interest in... My library also has a great children's section with a big open space to play (they have lots of stuffed animals lying around) and read. My kids are in heaven there, pulling dozens of books off the shelves and asking to read.