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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people love to read, others don’t. It’s really not totally dependent on parenting.

Visual learners tend to love to read, while audio and kinetic learners take in information differently. Different types of learners have different strengths and weaknesses need them all in our society. 
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This is definitely true but it’s also definitely true that schools are giving up on teaching longer form reading.  They can’t afford to buy books, teachers don’t have time to read essays, they say the kids will just not do it and ai it all anyway …. there are lots of reasons but I don’t think any of them are good.  When was the last time anyone’s kid read A Scarlet Letter?  It’s a good novel and still has relevance for today!  Or Grapes of Wrath?  Or Invisible Man? When they do read books, the pick the absolutely shortest they can find, like Animal Farm or Grrat Gatsby (both of which I find slightly irritating).  
Even in the honors classes—it’s depressing.  We almost went to a private HS just for the fact that they read 2-3x as many novels per year.  [/quote]
+1.  We have a big age range in our kids. The amount of reading/number of books read in English class today vs 10 years ago is astoundingly low. Older kids read 8-10 books per year. Youngest kid read only 2 full length books in English this year (HS). It's awful! Older kids had heavy backpacks full of textbooks and novels. Youngest has a laptop and folders of "handouts".  Oldest kids read often for pleasure, Youngest has no interest. Despite our reading nightly with all our kids, no TV, etc. We as parents read nightly ourselves. I blame the k-12 school curriculum changes. [/quote]

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