Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun

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• LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I know exactly what it was for me. I used to read all the time in elementary and middle school, right up until 7th grade. To encourage kids to read, they implemented a reading requirement.

  Upon completion of a quiz, every book with a length of ten pages or longer awarded a point per ten pages.

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  • key@lemmy.keychat.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Similar here. The “you need to read through page 95 by Thursday” for years ruined it for me. For over a decade after leaving school whenever I’d try to read something I’d just obsess over the page numbers and how long until a chapter break. It’s only very recently I’ve managed to get mostly past that and actually been able to get into what I’m reading.

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• Eol@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • barkingspiders@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry you feel that way. It sounds like you had some really shitty people in your life and I hope you find some better ones. 😔

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    • Eol@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks I appreciate that. But I’ve giving up. And I don’t say that to get sympathy… I’m done with this place.

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