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Like most high-schoolers, Benoit gets gift cards for birthdays and holidays and puts most of them to use. But, if it's a bookstore, it'll just waste away in her
by epochwolf 17y ago
Like most high-schoolers, Benoit gets gift cards for birthdays and holidays and puts most of them to use. But, if it's a bookstore, it'll just waste away in her wallet.
This makes me cry.
- dabent 17y agoEspecially when one considers the variety of items most bookstores have. Barnes and Nobel has a music section, calendars, magazines, trinkets, comic books and a cafe. I think all big bookstores are the same. It isn't like one would actually have to read to shop there.
- rottencupcakes 17y agoThe real issue here is the way high school English approaches reading, it turns even great novels into a chore. With journal entries, reading quizzes over minor details, etc etc you can't actually sit back and enjoy the books. I hated reading in high school, but since then I have found that when I read classics similar to those people read in high school, I enjoy them much more than I did back then, even if it's hard to find the time to do so.
- justinchen 17y agoI think that goes for lots of learning. When it's forced on someone else's schedule it's hard to enjoy, but when you're genuinely interested it's much more fun and productive.
- stinkytaco 17y agoI think to boil it down to the "real issue" is probably oversimplifying it. I agree that high school English does not encourage reading, but how would you propose they do it differently?
- papaf 17y agoSomebody said to me once, "Shakespeare is so good, it even survives being taught at school.
- 3dFlatLander 17y agoI don't think teenagers are as against bookstores as people would make it seem. While at my local borders/barnes/used book stores I see teenagers around all the time. Some kids will always be interested in reading, and that's great.
- pgbovine 17y agoare the teenagers just there hanging out and socializing with each other (a common occurrence if there's a cafe inside the bookstore), or are they actually deeply engaged in reading?
- Terretta 17y agoThe teens in the local chain bookstore appear to be doing homework. It's the new library.
- yesimahuman 17y agoMaybe they know most of these books are available at the library so they don't feel right buying them, even if it's paid for by the card.