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First thing that comes to mind when I think of the negatives of school reading
• 2nd grade class (I think), in-class reading, I asked Ben Sataloff how he reads so fast (he was three pages ahead of me).
o He said speed reading, teacher taught him and its difficult at first but makes it so much better
o Since then when reading in school, or standardized tests, I often think about reading faster
• Sometimes I think about the rate my eyes are moving over the lines of text, which is disturbing
• Takes away from text, and it happens during outside reading, which ruins the experience
• When I have reading to do in school, I forget about my other books
o At the end of last year try to read 1984, but had other book to read and never finished it in time and had to return to library
o I will not read a book I want to if I know its on the curriculum for an English class that I will probably take (ex. Fight Club)
o I won’t read thought provoking books during the school because after the boring analysis we do in class I just want to sit on my couch and relax
• Tried to read Metamorphosis by Kafka but I couldn’t because I didn’t have the patience or attention span after sitting in class to read such a dense novel

Good
• I have found certain books that I would not have found through school
o 6th grade, cant remember the series, but I continued after school
• The contrast between school reading and relaxed reading makes relaxed reading feel refreshing
• Last year in Mrs. Mastriano, Shakespeare plays gave me understanding of Shakespeare
o After I get used to it I can understand and I would read a Shakespearean play as a normal book, something I would never have dreamed of before