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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I think some of this has to do with the way books are forced on kids in school and the way they are made to dissect them. if I had not been a reader before that time, I might not have gotten into reading as I didn't like the way the English teachers taught literature.
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I don't think this school practice has changed much in Western schools for the past two centuries. The competition from other media (and structured activities) seems a much likelier candidate to me. Other candidates might include the reduction in leisure time for the middle class, leaving parents less time to read, so they don't present themselves as model readers to their children. I don't think we know exactly why reading rates are falling, and it would be quite difficult to prove (or even strongly support) any one theory.