Post 6: Readicide

Is Readicide a problem in schools?

In my opinion as a freshman, readicide is definitely a problem in schools. The teachers in almost every class have you read material so you can test well, not have a joy of reading and growing up to be literate adults who have an understanding for the world around them. In today’s society you see less and less kids reading for fun and enjoyment and more reading only the required amount for classes. If that means they have to read a chapter in a textbook for homework one night, that’s the only thing they’ll read that night, they won’t want to read any other material than what they have to for that day.

Is genre fiction less “worthy” than Literary Fiction of our time as readers? Is it less worthy of a place in a school’s curriculum?

I believe that no genre should be called “less worthy” since the worthiness of a book and its genre is determined by the people read the book and the books that fall in that genre. I also think that genre fiction is just as worthy in school curriculum as is Literary Fiction because by studying books in genre fiction it allows the students to experience not only classic books, but also new best-selling books, and books that affect the way people see and think about the world today.

Why should we want kids to read anyways?

We should want kids to read today because it allows them to have a greater sense of the world around them, and also they can then become literate adults who can pass down important details about their life and important details about the world and how it was when they were a kid to generations to come. Another reason we should want our kids to read anyways because it allows the kids to use their imaginations and also discover new ways of thinking and learning.