Guardian.UK:
Learning to hate literature. “What is it about school that puts so many people off the books they read there?” There is a very easy answer, so easy I’m surprised noone sees it anymore. If a child has a rich reading lifestyle outside of school, the classics naturally fall to hand. School is placed these days as being the only place where a child picks up a book. In observation of modern childrearing, a child’s every other second is taken up with extracurricular activities rather than allowing them the free time and space to think for themselves. The choruses of “I’m bored” on a rainy day used to be followed by a shuffling to the bookshelf, and a few hours of peace and quiet.
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