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by Aerroon 180 days ago
The same thing happened to me.

Required reading in school killed my interest in reading. When I graduated I was very happy that I wouldn't have to read books ever again.

It took me about 5 years or so until anime and manga got me to try another fiction book. That eventually led to reading more books. But when school was done I really did think that I wasn't going to touch a (fiction) book again.

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It makes me wonder if kids in the future will have "required reading" where they have to play certain old video games. Will that make them hate video games?
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dybber 179 days ago
In our local highschool (near Copenhagen, Denmark) they have scheduled reading time for all pupils while in school - weekly as part of their normal schoolday. That is, instead of normal class everyone needs to bring a book of their own choosing and read in it. No phones allowed during this time, so they can either read or stare out the window. The local library helps them find books of their own interest.

The idea is to get them find genres and books they like and find joy reading it, while not taking time out of their free time.

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Aerroon 179 days ago
Ironically this wouldn't work for me because I do almost all of my reading on my phone these days. It has become the main use of my phone at this point.

It is a good idea though, as long as they can find things they want to read. I've been sucked into the "bleeding edge" of reading (web novels), so it can be a bit more challenging to find things I really want to read. They are still out there though. Eg The Martian and Project Hail Mary (the former actually started as a web novel) .

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