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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
For reading itself, no. Reading is a solitary activity, or something that we do face to face, in small groups.
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Which is one reason I always hated reading books for English classes. Getting 30 people to all read the same book with each person reading consecutive paragraphs out loud was painful. Every* time it was my turn to read I had to ask where we were so I could read my paragraph. I just couldn't handle listening to most of the people stumble over 2 and 3 syllable words, so I tuned everything out and read ahead.
I never did understand what the teacher hoped to accomplish by this torture. Maybe she was just trying to burn time. Or maybe it was to make sure that some of the students actually read some of the book instead of just trying to guess at the answers when the test came around (this was pre-internet mostly). It certainly wasn't to help with comprehension or enjoyment of the book.
*At least if it was a 1/2 way decent book. I did eventually figure out to stop and go back about 4-5 people prior to me and quickly figure out where we were. It worked most of the time.