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Old 08-06-2011, 10:01 PM   #15
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I think this is a very reasonable estimate. People are force fed books they don't like during their school years, and they think it's a problem with the medium rather than with the selection. Books can be as intelligent or as trashy as any other medium. I was an avid reader before the school system made me read books, and if my first books were the books from the school system, I doubt I'd enjoy reading as much as I do now.

My first books at school were the books assigned to the ESL (English as a second language) classes, which were for some reason, all about Asian girls dying tragic deaths. If that was my first introduction to the medium, I'd say "pass"!

(ESL and avid reader? I've been reading English books since I could read, but my spoken English needed work. I wish that allowed me to bypass the ESL book selection...)
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