Re: total frustration

["S. Griffith" <afn11720@AFN.ORG>]

I have always been a reader, so I read all through high school, my grades
showed it; with my daughter she quit reading about the 8th grade, she did
not take it up again until she graduated from college, now she reads all
the time. I think some students just don't have time, it is a choice,
grades or pleasure reading, I chose reading, my daughter chose grades

Sandy in Florida
Media Specialist, Mulberry Middle School
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afn11720@afn.org

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Brigid wrote:

> 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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