Teen reading: Read for fun or for future? is a newspaper article saying that college professors are saying that students are less likely to have read the classics before going to college. As an English major, I have read my share of the classics and now I read almost entirely children’s and teen books.
Yes, classics are important. Having a grounding in them is an important way to judge modern fiction. But isn’t the burden less on teens and more on the schools they attend? I had a good grounding in classical literature because I took those classes in high school. Then I added on to that with additional classes in college.
Even if that is not happening in high schools, teens can still choose to remedy any lacking reading themselves. There are many websites and reading lists for college teens. Just take a look and see if you have read ANY of them.
Hmmm. Maybe I am putting it back on the teens themselves afterall. My final word is READ! Just READ!