I became a Shakespeare nerd because the first play of his I read in school was Twelfth Night instead of one of the tragedies. There are valid reasons to have kids read serious books. But why is that ALL they get to read in school?
Kingfisher & WombatI swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?