Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: A whole new post
From:    Dr. What
Date:    Thu Aug 27, 2026 08:05

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-=> Arelor wrote to Matthew Munson <=-

 Ar> Worst enemy of reading are Literature classes.

Huanities Teachers in general are the enemy of reading.

I always loved reading, but quickly found that humanities teachers in schools
have AWFUL taste in books - especially for boys.

 Ar> Meanwhile my parents gave me good books as a kid and I grew up learning
 Ar> books are cool.

Same.  I read far more books on my own than assigned by teachers.  And 90% of
the books that were assigned by teachers were horrible.

I lucked out in college and had the Dean of the Humanities Dept as a teacher
for a literature class.  He assigned books that were actually good.  Not one
that I normally would have read, but still good reads.

 Ar> It seems to me if you want kids to read, you just need to hand them
 Ar> stories worth reading first of all.

You got that right.


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