When your teacher criticizes you for not reading the boring book he/she ordered you to read, you stop enjoying reading and stop reading. I've read more books t

When your teacher criticizes you for not reading the boring book he/she ordered you to read, you stop enjoying reading and stop reading. I've read more books than most people, I think. I certainly was in the top percentile by the time I was 18. I never once read a book start-to-finish that a teacher assigned to me. When I had a book on my desk that I went out of my way to find at the library on one side and then some random book my teacher thought was good on the other side, I picked my book every time. I'd half-heartedly skim through their book and struggle my way through reading quizzes. The only saving graces were Cliff's Notes, film versions, or if the teacher outright read us the book out loud.