Thread: Harry Potter - Popular, but never to be a Classic
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Old 08-31-2020, 06:13 PM   #25
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But the "classics" that are forced upon the students are rubbish. The teachers need to pick more modern books that are more relevant to the lives of the students. Reading books that are in olde English or are written in a way that books are not today turns them off to reading for pleasure. I blame school for the decline in reading.
Is calculus relevant to the lives of the students? Physics? Medieval history? Geometry? I’m old school, but anyone who thinks kids are in school for enjoyment has missed the point, IMO.

I blame parents for the decline in reading. If kids read with their parents when they were little, and saw their parents reading for pleasure as they got older, it wouldn’t be an issue.

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I think forcing thee awful books on the students in a way that makes then no want to read is ruining their lives.
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Perhaps just a little hyperbole there?
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