Post 6: Readicide

I believe that readicide is a problem in today's schools. A lot of the teaching today is to prepare a student to pass a test rather than pursue a journey of wanting to read. I think the problem of readicide is the overanalyzing. I know that tests are important but courses are to driven to passing a test. For example, I think that Of Mice and Men was a good book, but we overanalyzed it too much for me to completely enjoy it. Analyzing is like the teacher that teaches you the material needed to be successful. They then tell you to work on your own on a project, but start to teach you something unrelated to your project. They are basically taking time away from you to completely enjoy the process of making your project. I don’t believe that genre fiction is less “worthy” than Literary Fiction because the enjoyment of reading in my opinion is to read something that fascinate you the reader. I think that we should allow students to read more books that fascinate them, no reading list is necessary. If we do, than I think people will rediscover the enjoyment of reading. With all the controversy of Literary versus Genre Fiction, I am on neither side. I like books on both sides of the spectrum. Some people might like Genre better than Literary or vice versa. People should explore what kinds of books they like to read and read them.

                I think that kids should read books because it helps them prepare for their future. Once they start to pursue a career, they would want to find more information about that career. How, through reading. Even though visual aids and videos are becoming more popular, the basis of showing how to demonstrate it will, require the skill of reading.