Originally posted by plawrence: Let them develop an interest in reading by reading what they choose.
Using the word "forcing" I did not mean binding them to their desk with some Tolstoji's 2000 pages novels to be digested! I meant encouraging kids to develop a taste for good literature. Reading aloud with them. Commenting what they are reading. Help them understand. Help them make a habit out of reading. Sharing the pleasure of reading. If you let it to them, chances are they are going to read nothing but cellular manuals. Or, if you are lucky, the HPish stuff. This is, at least, my experience. Kids must be guided. That's what educators are for.
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
I meant encouraging kids to develop a taste for good literature. Reading aloud with them. Commenting what they are reading. Help them understand. Help them make a habit out of reading. Sharing the pleasure of reading. If you let it to them, chances are they are going to read nothing but cellular manuals. Or, if you are lucky, the HPish stuff. This is, at least, my experience. Kids must be guided. That's what educators are for.
