Readicide

What should schools do?

Schools should not just teach literary fiction or classics. Most of the classics we read in class are not relatable. When we read classics during school the majority of the people often times do not like it. Students who only read the books that are assigned to them (classics) don’t experience genre fiction and don’t like read because they figure the books we read in class are just like every other book. Schools need to teach Genre fiction so that students won’t hate reading so much. Some of the classics are relatable and have lessons in them but we should have a balance of genre fiction so that when we read we don’t feel like its homework, and actually enjoy the book instead of retaining the information because we have to for the test. I am okay with swapping out a Shakespeare book for a Hunger Games book. A 21^st century English class reading list should have a balance of literary and genre book, 50/50. There should be books like color of water and lord of the flies but also books like the Hunger Games and twilight. Literary Fiction is not relevant to our culture, for instance Romeo and Juliet. Normal people don’t kill themselves when their lover dies and normal people don’t stalk people on the other people’s balcony. No one does that stuff. Romeo and Juliet is a good book and its cute but it’s just not relevant to today’s culture. Romeo and Juliet is not preparing me for the job market. I don’t need to know why Juliet killed Romeo to apply for a job to be an accountant. There really isn’t a life lesson in Romeo and Juliet besides knowing that you shouldn’t kill yourself when the person you love dies. We should want kids to read because it broadens their vocabulary and teaches them knew things. Also it is a healthy pass time than watching TV playing video games all day. Reading more Genre fictions in class will want kids to read.