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Originally Posted by JSWolf
My mother has always been a reader as long as I can remember. I've been a reader too for almost ever. I took to reading quite well.
What helped me is that my parents allowed me to read what I liked. And I didn't like most of what the schools forced upon us. I thought a lot of the books were just awful. One problem with schools is that they take books that may be good and the way you have to dissect them makes them a turn-off for a lot of kids.
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I agree. We had an accelerated reading program where we had to take tests on books. I had a college level vocabulary and was reading Tom Clancy in 5th grade (non-fiction histories by 7th). I loved reading.
Yet I failed AR.
I didn't care about reading their stupid books. I spent my time checking out other books at the library, books that wouldn't help me, or going to the public library and doing that.
I like that they encourage kids to read 20 minutes a day, but making it a class was the worst idea ever.