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When I was in high-school LotR was offered as an elective to the seniors. It was by no means an easy course. I did not take it. I had enough going on as is. But still, it gave the kids that took it the choice to take it. And yes I do agree the WAY in which kids are taught literature is a big issue. Memorizing a passage from Shakespeare is WRONG in my opinion. It's a great turn off to most kids.
But parents need to get in the mix. They need to start nurturing the kids so they will like to read. This can easily be done before they get to the point of having books thrust upon then in school that will turn them off. I was reading books I enjoyed before the awful books were thrust upon me. So I was able to keep the love for reading alive even though I hated most books we were made to read for school. I was also quite good at reading as a kid and that helped. Kids that can't read well or do not have the time taken with them to help them learn to read will be turned off to books.
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