Don’t have much to add, other then man, that is a horrific way to “force” reading! I’m not sure your age(I’m in my 30’s) but in Canada, I was basically given free reign to read what I wanted from a very early age. My parents let me read complex history and tech books, and I borrowed Star Wars novels well above what a grade 5 student should have been reading. I was at a grade 11 level by grade 6. Being allowed to read what I want made me a very good student…in English, Social Science, and History at least!
Oddly enough, I read a lot less now. A concussion will do that to you. It’s not that I find reading boring, it’s that I find it a lot more difficult now, and if I read for too long I get dizzy and sick.
Don’t have much to add, other then man, that is a horrific way to “force” reading! I’m not sure your age(I’m in my 30’s) but in Canada, I was basically given free reign to read what I wanted from a very early age. My parents let me read complex history and tech books, and I borrowed Star Wars novels well above what a grade 5 student should have been reading. I was at a grade 11 level by grade 6. Being allowed to read what I want made me a very good student…in English, Social Science, and History at least!
Oddly enough, I read a lot less now. A concussion will do that to you. It’s not that I find reading boring, it’s that I find it a lot more difficult now, and if I read for too long I get dizzy and sick.