Most people recognize the importance of reading stories to small children, who can then learn how books work (for example, that a line of text should be read from left to right,) how letters from words and how narrative flows. ... If all children heard fairy tales when they were small enough to sit on laps, thought, perhaps fewer would have to do so in prison.
――一橋大学 前期日程(2月26日実施)――2005年