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Originally Posted by Nawpkin
I don't agree that anyone should be forced to read anything. Being forced into something means you're not going to enjoy it or even care the day after what it was about.
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To force people to do things they don't want to, that's the school's business. Sometimes I think it's necessary though.
There's an old saying in my country:
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Youngster reading books is like looking at the moon though the key hole.
Adult reading books is like watching the moon in the garden.
Elder reading books is like observing the moon on the tower.
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There's a famous work in Vietnam, as well-known and considered classic, traditional to us as Shakespeare's works to English speakers. A long, long, long, long poem indeed, so long that I gave up reading and then, gave up skipping pages altogether
that happened when I was 12. Now I simply love it, and think it's understandable that sometimes studying is obligatory.
How old are you, Nawpkin? Surely you know the moment when you realize that you like a work you did hate when you were forced to learn it in high school.