The article I read was "County's Students Not Following National Reading Trend." It was about how there was conflicting data about how much students, and teenagers over all, actually read. The National Endowment for the Arts released data that showed a decline in students scores and their desire to read outside of the class room. Where as Kay Haas, language arts coordinator in Olathe School District disagrees. Haas says that it's opposite from other sources. "Haas said that instead of buying traditional books, today’s teens are reading different genres, such as Manga, books based on Japanese animation." Haas says that they are not doing the right kind of studies since students interest vary so greatly. Other schools have seen a drop but nothing that has been a significant change.
I agree with Haas. Just because students are not reading what would be considered appropriate texts doesn't mean they're not reading. I myself read both Manga, as stated above and traditional books. Everyone has a different interest and I don't think asking questions and labeling all students as poor readers or as an age period that doesn't read is right. How accurate are those studies? Not every place is the same.
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I agree. I don't think people should be labeling readers because they do not like to read traditional books. Everyone has their own taste, and everyone learns something different from what they read. Students read, well, should be reading enough of traditional books in school, what they choose to read on their own time should not be labeled.
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