Re: total frustration

[Dan Kissane <dfk@SNYONEVA.CC.ONEONTA.EDU>]

In my opinion,
Reading has turned into information retrieval. That is, people used to
read for pleasure but the movies and Tv really do a better job of
providing the pleasure aspect in many ways.

Reading is now a tool for information retrieval.
Don't these kids love to browse the web? Hey, that is reading, it is just
not traditional pleasure reading. But if they get pleasure from it, and
they are reading, then it is pleasure reading.

If they like the magazines, buy more magazines. Give the people what they
want.
Comments?



> with the lack of high school school students who simply do not like to read
> for pleasure.  Period.
> I have noticed that in this year of my first experience of librarianship (as
> I am a clerk only), that of course elementary students and books go
> together.  But when you get to the 8th through 12th grades, these students'
> only interest in reading for pleasure when they are in the library is
> through magazines only.
> And when I put books back on the shelf, I see so many books that are just
> waiting to be read and the adventures and places they can take you.
> In closing, with all of the experience on this list, how in the world do you
> encourage reading in high schoolers?  Thanks in advance for any replies.
> Best regards,
> Brigid Heckman
> > Library Clerk/Teacher Aide
> > Greenwood Central School
> > Greenwood, NY 14877
> > brig@infoblvd.net
>
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Dan Kissane
Systems Librarian
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
dfk@oneonta.edu

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