Discussion

David Rachau Thankfully, that never happened to me. I was reading before I started school. I used to get in trouble for reading in class. My mom eventually gave up on sending me to my room as a punishment, since that's where all my books were, and I'd just read. I did have teachers who could make a great book, or story uninteresting, so there are probably books I don't like because of them, but it never changed my overall view on reading.

Ryn Dilkwen it/it’s three mustketeeers or any of the classics

lizard I always liked reading but there were two instances that annoyed me. Once, in elementary, I picked up a book from the classroom shelf and told her I would do my book report on it (you had to clear it with her). She was pretty quick to ****** that book out of my hands and it bothered me a lot. I read the book a year or so later, it was maya angelous I know why the caged bird sings. Honestly even when I read it in middle school it was really heavy and a tough read. But I still wonder why she’d even leave the book out in the elementary classroom if we weren’t allowed to read it. Either take a radical policy on student freedom or don’t but don’t bait me. Later on, in high school, my male teacher taught us 1984. There’s a lot of violent misogyny in that book, and I think it might’ve served a purpose. But I would not know, as when I asked my teacher about it he clammed up and said he didn’t notice. Like you have to notice it and I’m pointing it out now. I still really dislike 1984 and I didn’t finish the book. It’s frustrating. His whole job was to teach and discuss the book, and he’s unwilling to discuss it.

Sarah Ortinau Providing books that interested me. Idk what grade level you teach (I’ve taught them all) but I have a Pangoshop with for all ages (right now though it’s mostly high school and elementary, my middle grade books were snapped up by my friends) https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/sarah605940

Makayla Making me read books that 1) were boring to me or 2) too difficult for me to really understand. Just because a kid can read the words in front of them doesn’t mean they can grasp the meaning of the sentence by the time they get to the end, especially if they’re putting all their effort into sounding out words that they can’t even define (not that we shouldn’t be teaching new words, because that’s important, but it shouldn’t be a new word or multiple new words every sentence). It would have been nice to be allowed to pick from an approved book list and do a paper on that instead of be assigned a specific book, it would have given the feeling of control and autonomy that would potentially even make up for an incorrect reading level. (Referring specifically to elementary and middle school, not high school so much)

Natalie O'Neal When kids first start learning how to read, they're not going to enjoy it because their reading level isn't high enough to read books with an interesting story. My teachers used to read books out loud to the class so we could hear the story even though we couldn't read it. This really helped me get into reading. By the time my reading level was high enough to actually enjoy reading myself, I had already been enjoying books for years.