I was reading C.A.'s post about what her children read and I started thinking about the books my daughter's school assigned for summer reading. I won't mention the titles but I will say they were extremely boring and one of them was almost impossible to follow. My daughter read them because I made her but many of her friends didn't read their books. I'm wondering why can't they assign books that a teen might actually enjoy reading. Forcing students to read books that hold no appeal certainly won't teach them a love of books.
I was never assigned summer reading as a child but I read for the love of it. Very few, if any of my daughter's friends read for fun. If schools made better selections on assigned reading, I wondering would that change?
Have a wonderful weekend!
Laura/LA Day
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I was never assigned summer reading as well. We were allowed to be kids when not in school. You know, playing outside until dark, riding bikes, jumping in creeks, punching your cousin in the arm just because. LOL.
And I occasionally picked up that book I liked when it was bedtime.
I think it would change a lot LA if kids were allowed to choose which books (parents discretion of course)they wanted to read during the summer. At least they're reading.
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