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Originally Posted by Yolina
Edit: and in total disagreement with the previous poster, I think students should be made to read classical plays such as Shakespeare or whatever the equivalent for each country is  |
True, but is reading the original play the only way to do that? And is forcing children to read something which will cause them to stop reading altogether, the right answer?
The only way to get children to appreciate something is by making them curious. You don't teach children to swim by throwing them in the deep and hope they'll resurface again. If you make them curious, they'll go to the library themselves and get the book. If you force it on them, they'll skim the book and forget about it about 5 minutes after they put the book down. If even that.