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I was always encouraged by my parents to read, and have been an avid reader since I was 4. The school presentation of "classics", however, turned me off of those books for a very long time. I've only recently rediscovered them, mostly through the uploads here (which led me to PG), and find many of those books are much more enjoyable now that I don't have to analyze them! I do think the way literature is taught in our schools is somewhat counterproductive, if the goal is to get kids to read. Even in middle school, it seems to be more about dissecting a text than appreciating it. Not every student is going to become a lit major in college, after all.
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