If you were to ask my brother Jeff if he reads, he would tell you that he doesn't.
But this is a lie. However, it's not my brother that is lying -- it's school that has lied to him.
School has beaten my brother down into believing that reading means novels. My brother hated school and he hates novels. But he voraciously reads online about politics. My brother is a reader, but school's narrow definition of reading has convinced him that he is not.
How is this a good thing?
We spend far too much time narrowing our definition for what children can read when really it doesn't matter what kids read, just so long as they read.
But this is a lie. However, it's not my brother that is lying -- it's school that has lied to him.
School has beaten my brother down into believing that reading means novels. My brother hated school and he hates novels. But he voraciously reads online about politics. My brother is a reader, but school's narrow definition of reading has convinced him that he is not.
How is this a good thing?
We spend far too much time narrowing our definition for what children can read when really it doesn't matter what kids read, just so long as they read.
