tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post7025838497309219504..comments2023-05-03T07:58:23.272-04:00Comments on Sunsets and Sundays: Why Kids Hate Reading (Or at Least My Theory)A Girl Without A Namehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-49791611239025458882014-11-26T15:42:15.199-05:002014-11-26T15:42:15.199-05:00No problem with the ramble as I am positive I'...No problem with the ramble as I am positive I've left many comments on your blog that are borderline novellas haha. I feel your curriculum probably works better than most of the states' curriculums here in America. Making the reading classwork instead of homework is genius in my opinion as one of my biggest pet peeves is when my peers don't even finish the book yet find some way to half ass the ending test/project and come out with a decent grade. Also it allows teachers to explain confusing sections or vocabulary to the students. You have no idea how many times I've wished my English teacher was next to me while reading a novel so they could explain a part to me. <br /><br />Thanks as always for your insightful comment. You have no idea how much I love learning about the differences and similarities we as students face. :)A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-33533192337110036482014-11-26T15:33:33.065-05:002014-11-26T15:33:33.065-05:00I completely understand this! I've had a gener...I completely understand this! I've had a generally good experience with required reading as there were only a handful of books that I loathed and struggled to get through, but I also did notice that it takes me a lot longer to get through a required book than it usually does with a regular book. Teachers don't seem to factor in the fact that many of us might not find the book to be our cup of tea. I personally despise romance novels and one of the worst required reading experiences of my life happened when I had to read a book that was particularly boring to begin with, not to mention there was no action only "he loves me, but now he doesn't love me, why can't he love me?" type struggles. But I digress.A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-13355371878470195052014-11-26T15:27:43.877-05:002014-11-26T15:27:43.877-05:00I agree that the continual pressure to read tends ...I agree that the continual pressure to read tends to create a loathing for reading, and by the time kids reach middle school or high school they're completely done with it. I personally thought Ender's Game was pretty awesome, and the movie did the book no justice. I broke my own personal book before movie rule and watched the movie first (although at the time I watched the movie I had no clue there was a book), so I didn't catch all the book to movie adaption mistakes, but there were quite a few. The movie leaves out a huge side plot in the book (among other things), and I definitely recommend you read the book! :DA Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-9443695539536765402014-11-26T15:23:13.748-05:002014-11-26T15:23:13.748-05:00I feel the same as you. I generally enjoy reading ...I feel the same as you. I generally enjoy reading (required or not), and I get all happy inside when my teacher announces we're going to the library to check out the next book we'll be reading in class. VERY few of my classmates feel the same way as me though haha. Thanks for stopping by! :)A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-44704700237205438522014-11-23T12:27:53.972-05:002014-11-23T12:27:53.972-05:00We don't really have "required reading&qu...We don't really have "required reading" in Irish schools, but I find your take on it very interesting! I agree kids simply won't read classics if they aren't obliged to, but if they just cultivate a hatred for them there is no point anyway. Also, you should definitely be allowed to choose the book!<br /><br />This will make us sound like a country full of illiterate morons, but in the two-year English course I'm doing now, we only have to read one book and one Shakespearean play. Students don't read during the school year because they're too busy memorizing school books, and they don't read during the summer because they're on a break. I'm not sure if requiring them to read more books would just make them hate reading even more, because that may not be possible.<br /><br />Our education systems attitude to reading is completely different, for example; all the reading is done during class-time so the teacher can point out which bits we need to memorize, which bits to skip, and which bits are relevant to the topics we're supposed to write about in the exams. The Irish course is slightly better because it includes short stories/book extracts as well as a novel (the MOST PAINFUL, but easy-to-memorize novel in the universe), but then again, no one has ever enjoyed something they "have" to read because they approach it with an already fed-up mind.<br /><br />Very interesting post, and sorry for the length of this ramble :)chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250284566920150134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-47620878637495959302014-11-23T06:33:09.993-05:002014-11-23T06:33:09.993-05:00I always had fun reading books, until I was requir...I always had fun reading books, until I was required to read certain books. Mostly because it wasn't clear to me why I had to read a book written in the Dark Ages about a fox who hang a bear by its balls. I continued reading for fun, but when it came to required reading I hated almost every second of it. Not always because I had to read to book, but most of the time I had to like the book, no wait, I had to love it just because it was a classic. If I didn't like the book and came up with some strong arguments, my teacher was not amused. That's what I hated: being forced to like books that are just shitty.Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340236336535717116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-38440225420584074882014-11-23T04:01:10.146-05:002014-11-23T04:01:10.146-05:00I don't know about others but I think kids hat...I don't know about others but I think kids hate to read for leisure because of schools and curriculum.Pressure to read a lot for school curriculum and its boring subjects makes them hate to read during free time-personal experience :P<br />I've been wanting to read Ender's Game for a while..is it better or worse than the movie??<br /><br />Neal Kind<br /><a href="http://diaryforneal.blogspot.in/" rel="nofollow">Daily Diaries</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600818185663028305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-36402985593428963312014-11-22T21:24:32.951-05:002014-11-22T21:24:32.951-05:00This is so true! Personally, I love to read-- even...This is so true! Personally, I love to read-- even books that we <i>have</i> to read for school. But I know a LOT of people who would say otherwise :) Great post!A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13292488719105810234noreply@blogger.com