Minute Book Reports I really started to hate reading this year because the teacher based nearly 40% or our grade on these book tests. The tests were where she asked us about 2-3 questions for each chapter that are the craziest questions ever, such as “what was the name of the animal that but hazel” etc. even though everybody(probably) read the book, a lot of people struggled with it
Yeah, that was my experience too. I'm not sure why people think this is the best way to test reading comprehension. Like I mentioned in the video, it just teaches students to read for tests and sucks any pleasure and enjoyment out of it. That's too bad.
My English teacher hated reading because it was required, but loved reading for fun. I didn't like reading for school, but now I love reading for fun as a college student
Well books are forced on us. It is then seen as only something related to school, and you feel like everything you read isn't fun after all. I was not forced to read, and in return have read- and rather enjoyed- classics such as the song of roland, sir gawain and the green knight, le morte d'arthur, Agamemnon, the iliad, and the aeneid. In case you're wondering, i'm 12. To be honest, kids hate school. School used to be shorter, and smaller- which led to the upbringing of excellent mindsets. They still learned everything, but they could learn at their own level, instead of having to slow down to the dumbest-kid's level, or rise up past what they can understand. School is boring for me, and I can disassociate it with any real life activities.
I agree I used to LOVE reading and then the summer reading BS came out and it felt like a punishment because summer I just wanted to go out and play but I couldn’t because I HAD to read and it wasn’t a book we chose
In my school we had this thing called AR reading where you'd have to read some books and take tests on them, in order to get a passing grade you'd have to read several novels each quarter and pass the tests regardless of your reading speed. This lead me to "speed running" reading as I liked to call it where I would basically just skim the book for key details like locations times and hair colors. I was no longer enjoying the books I was reading I was just doing a where's Waldo with words and that's really when reading was ruined for me. And to top it all off my school made the Diary of a Wimpy kid series (my favorite book at the time) not count because there was "too many pictures". A favorite pastime of mine was ruined with school good job.
Kids get put off reading because a book at school becomes something they associate with testing. We need to stop making kids answer and analyse every nuance of language at school.
I like reading. I read a book series called Wings of Fire, the only books I do not like, are the ones that school gives you because once they give you the book they make you do so many projects......
@@catsareawesome256 honestly bro idk it depends what kinda book, like if it actually cool info then yeah I like it, but if it’s something I ain’t interested in then it’s a struggle read 🥱
I love it and it is sad to see it have negative affects on it. I have met many who are traumatized from reading in high school, and it ruined their enjoyment.
I used to love reading as a little kid. I went through book by book by book in elementary and early middle school. But yeah, as we started being tested more frequently, lost the choice of what books we got to read in middle and high school, and had to read them on such a strict schedule, I lost so much of that love for reading. It became just another thing I had to do in school to get a passing grade. No longer was it a fun activity or a way for me to learn at my own rate. I'm only now starting to get back that joy for reading I had when I was little by choosing what I want to read and taking my own pace during summer break. Other than that, the only book I've genuinely enjoyed reading during middle/high school was when our teacher let us choose our own books, as long as it was a previously banned book. I read One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and absolutely loved it! It felt as if I had my choice back, and since everyone was reading different books we had no schedule other than to have it done by the month. It was fantastic. Nothing since than that one banned book unit has been anything but taxing (For reference, I'm in my sophomore year of high school). The lack of choice, the specific testing and essays I have to write over books I don't even care about, and the strict and fast pace that my schools have made me take in all this context absolutely destroyed the joy I used to have for reading. I can barely remember most of the books I've read for english class. I just hope I'll get that joy back one day.
Funny thing, I tend to ramble. But now im thinking one of the reasons music is so huge to me now is that it replaces what reading used to be for me. Music, any kind, tell stories as well. I've played in orchestra for a long time, I listen to albums by the hour, I analyze albums and lyrics and I'm still motivated to practice my instruments after years. Never has music been made akin to tests and deadlines and grades in the same way reading has. Sure, im in music classes at school, but its a vastly different experience. It's mostly a participation grade, with just the few tests on technical ability or auditions for groups if you so choose, but the focus is on the experience, getting better, and having a relationship with the music. Reading should be that way too. I feel like more kids would retain their natural love of reading that way.
I used to love reading as a kid, but then when we were required to read 30 minutes to an hour at home, I started hating it and my ADHD didn't help, so I would just stare at the pages and flip it every now and then in defiance. Now I have a hard time reading at home because of those past experiences.
Back in middle school and high school, my one policy was "If it isn't Captain Underpants, I'm not interested." I loved the crap out of those book, and no other books could get cling onto me... Well... one year in middle school, I was placed into an advance reading class despite already being assigned to the more simpler SE Reading class. Advance reading was simply grab your own book from the library and you have to read it for a book report or something like that... I didn't last a week in that class. Day three comes and we all have a book picked out from the school library... Except me. I couldn't decide what interested me (Except Captain Underpants) and the teacher "picked" a book for me. Everyone was reading but me, and this teacher knew she was going to have to get me to read the book picked for me. She stood over me and told me to read, I opened the book up read one page and closed the book as if it was a very, very short story.... Big mistake. They were so furious at me and the next day, I was assigned to a new reading class where the teacher wasn't so forceful, and just let me do whatever in the class as long as I kept quiet. The other class just let me read old issues of Nintendo Power or one of the old Winnie the Pooh books which were more easier on me... High school was a little bit better... We'd have to do quizzes on each chapter we all read that day (We all read the same book), I was having a difficult time trying to do the quizzes and they just decided to just give them and answer them as we read along.
I also hated how it felt so forced. As a young child who liked books up until late 6th grade, it was just so horrible having to read a book chosen for you and then do a report on it and what it symbolizes etc..
Only speak for myself here. Hate reading because 90% of words in books are not necessary. Same for writing. Why write 1500 words when I can say the same in under 20 words. Also hate people who speak/write paragraphs and get nowhere. I just tell them to make point forms and save me time because my time is literally my life. Communication is supposed to be efficient and effective. That goes for both book and school, children and adults. When you detect something is wasting your time, you stop dealing with them. "Them" can be books, salespeople, cold calls, movies, school, jobs, relationships, hobbies, and so on (not taxes though, unfortunately). TLDR: Reading and learning should just get to the point.
But.. thats the whole point of books.. If books didnt have that much words they would be like this: "There was a girl who had a crush on a boy. She started to talk to him and they became friends. Eventually the boy developed fealings for her and they confessed. They are a couple now. The end." Words are a branch of art you know..
@@mitchy2699 No objection to art. I don't mind fictions piling 50 volumes since they are just for fun, but when you need to pass down real knowledge to kids in school (title of video), you need to be precise. Reason? The amount of knowledge we need to learn is getting bigger and bigger. Back in caveman days, a kid only needs to observe the adults to learn several skills to survive. Now? You need to study up to 20 years or more to be functional (averagely) in society. What about 2000 years later? You will be age 60 to be a functional citizen because you need to master 100 complex skills to drive a space ship. Learning costs time, and time is life. If we fail to be precise, we will be literally dead after finishing schools. Why kids hate reading? Because their instincts tell them to save time and effort. Human beings choose the least costly options to get things done. This process is natural. If we need to suppress natural instincts, that means the system should be optimized further. TLDR: We need to be precise in teaching kids because society needs more and more skills for each person.
I didn’t like reading when I was younger but I found the Percy Jackson musical when I was 12 and decided that I wanted to read the books and that’s how I got into reading I think that you just need to find the right book for you because if you don’t you won’t like it
I think this differs from countries, I don't remember such a push for reading from my school days. Sure we had to read books for class, but that only made me dislike those books, not reading. I think what schools don't do is encourage a love for reading. I think if you don't grow up with reader's in their life school does not introduce reading as a valuable hobby/task. On critical thinking and reading comprehension I found that hardest to explain as a valuable skill to students. And don't get me started on reading out loud - which is a highly neglected skill for work life.
Thanks for the comments. I guess that's true. If someone doesn't grow up with readers in their life, school probably won't make reading seem valuable. I never really thought about reading out loud as a valuable skill. That would make an interesting video topic. I haven't read out loud since college.
I used to teach English to business people and made them read out loud all the time, because think about it: A meeting and your boss asks you to quickly read something of a slide or email or anything and you stutter your way through it. Worse even if you are the boss and read out a memo or so to your team and can't without showing your awkward. It is something we expect people to do well especially if they are holding powerful positions. It's like how non native speackers with an accent can lose intelligent points to the listener.
That's a good point in business. We expect our company leaders to be able to speak and present things. You mentioned speakers with an accent. While it can detract from their message if they are a non-native speaker, I think accents can add intelligent points, particularly British accents, for an American audience. Not sure why that is.
but British is a native speaker. Think instead about a woman from Columbia, their pitch is so different to the German one add an accent and it is hard to not judge their intelligence based on this. It is one of those biases we have due to people not being as able to express themselves in a foreign language instead of realizing that they are bilingual.
Reading fiction increases empathy. What's empathy? According to my interpersonal communications textbook, it's the most important communication skill among some leading scholars.
I am looking at this video as a 40 year old who doesn't like to read , I can read obviously but if it doesn't start with DANGER or some topic that really presents a big interest for me I usually don't read more than two or three lines and when I do read, it happens that I lose interest in the middle of the sentence. Quite enjoy audiobooks so I wonder where did it go went wrong... And if it is something I dislike more then reading is writing :)))
i hate reading school probably ruined it i used to do that stuff as a kid facts this video is amazing and these things that they assign in school are boring
As a kid, I loved to read, but I wasn't great at it. I tried books that had some words and pictures (I remember reading Eyewitness books on ancient Egypt and sharks.) but teachers told me that I was too old for them. So I tried a different more complex book (The cat warrior's series vol 1.) but before I could even read it, the school librarian told me that was too advanced and wouldn't even let me check it out. I was seven years old...all I wanted was to read about things that seemed interesting. Today, I love books, but I am still a poor reader and I honestly want to get better. I wish I had never gone to school...I would have turned out better.
I'm a school librarian and I hate that your teachers and librarian censored your selections. I have tried to make sure I have filled my library with books the kids actually WANT to read and would NEVER tell them they couldn't get something because it was too "advanced." I teach them how to choose books they can read and always encourage them to choose the books they are interested in!!
I used to do this thing where we would be in groups of 5-7 people and we would be given a book based on our reading level. We had different characters to talk as and it sucked. I was probably the best at reading and now I stutter every sentence I read
I dont hate it but not like it as much as some ppl. I read sometimes but then comes the summer reading and we are forced to read a set number of pages. I HATE THAT.
Hey minute book reports, I'm writing an essay on this and I couldn't tie together my ideas and this really helped, reach out if you want to see it! Thank You!
PanthorDoomGaming I found reading boring when I was 13 too. Try finding a book about something you like - anything at all, even if no one has ever heard of it :) give yourself 50 pages and if it's really boring still, put it down and try something else. You can get some good recommendations on goodreads.com. Good luck! :)
@@stvjful for me (im also 13) i only like reading books about something that i like (like BTS books) but then again, my school allows you to choose what book you like but it has to be in a certain genre, thats why i dont like reading..
@김케이티 Sometimes reading widely can be good as it helps you to find things you might not know you like. But I get that at school it’s not always easy to read the things you’d rather read when there are things you HAVE to read. If you have time outside school, you should try to make time for the stuff you do like to read (even graphic novels or short stories). Any reading is helpful for you :)
I remember when I was 5 I loved to read but now school makes me start to not like reading anymore like now when I see a book in my mind I wanted to throw away
What was your reading experience in school? Maybe there are other reasons that contribute to kids turning away from reading as they get older?
Minute Book Reports I really started to hate reading this year because the teacher based nearly 40% or our grade on these book tests. The tests were where she asked us about 2-3 questions for each chapter that are the craziest questions ever, such as “what was the name of the animal that but hazel” etc. even though everybody(probably) read the book, a lot of people struggled with it
Yeah, that was my experience too. I'm not sure why people think this is the best way to test reading comprehension. Like I mentioned in the video, it just teaches students to read for tests and sucks any pleasure and enjoyment out of it. That's too bad.
My English teacher hated reading because it was required, but loved reading for fun. I didn't like reading for school, but now I love reading for fun as a college student
Well books are forced on us. It is then seen as only something related to school, and you feel like everything you read isn't fun after all. I was not forced to read, and in return have read- and rather enjoyed- classics such as the song of roland, sir gawain and the green knight, le morte d'arthur, Agamemnon, the iliad, and the aeneid. In case you're wondering, i'm 12. To be honest, kids hate school. School used to be shorter, and smaller- which led to the upbringing of excellent mindsets. They still learned everything, but they could learn at their own level, instead of having to slow down to the dumbest-kid's level, or rise up past what they can understand. School is boring for me, and I can disassociate it with any real life activities.
My relationship with books is best described as “permanently damaged” thanks to school
I agree I used to LOVE reading and then the summer reading BS came out and it felt like a punishment because summer I just wanted to go out and play but I couldn’t because I HAD to read and it wasn’t a book we chose
Yup same here
Yeah I have to do that for English Honors... 😴
I never did the summer reading mainly due to not knowing about it at all
In my school we had this thing called AR reading where you'd have to read some books and take tests on them, in order to get a passing grade you'd have to read several novels each quarter and pass the tests regardless of your reading speed. This lead me to "speed running" reading as I liked to call it where I would basically just skim the book for key details like locations times and hair colors. I was no longer enjoying the books I was reading I was just doing a where's Waldo with words and that's really when reading was ruined for me. And to top it all off my school made the Diary of a Wimpy kid series (my favorite book at the time) not count because there was "too many pictures". A favorite pastime of mine was ruined with school good job.
school definitely made me change my views on reading, I only have time to read my school books so I can never read for independent pleasure.
Kids get put off reading because a book at school becomes something they associate with testing. We need to stop making kids answer and analyse every nuance of language at school.
It also discourages people's own interpretations. The school's interpretation is the only one apparently.
I like reading. I read a book series called Wings of Fire, the only books I do not like, are the ones that school gives you because once they give you the book they make you do so many projects......
Exactly. Even if you do end up enjoying a book that school gave you, the projects that are given afterwards sucks the fun and enjoyment out of it.
DUDE I LOVE WINGS OF FIRE TOO but when school forces everyone to read a book at home it just makes it unfun
@@catsareawesome256 DAMNNNN 2 YEARS AGOOO 😭, my grammar was a lil 🥲
@@catsareawesome256 honestly bro idk it depends what kinda book, like if it actually cool info then yeah I like it, but if it’s something I ain’t interested in then it’s a struggle read 🥱
I love that series.
I am thankful that I had the best teachers that made reading fun, along with my parent's love for knowledge.
I love it and it is sad to see it have negative affects on it. I have met many who are traumatized from reading in high school, and it ruined their enjoyment.
100% agree with you
I used to love reading as a little kid. I went through book by book by book in elementary and early middle school. But yeah, as we started being tested more frequently, lost the choice of what books we got to read in middle and high school, and had to read them on such a strict schedule, I lost so much of that love for reading. It became just another thing I had to do in school to get a passing grade. No longer was it a fun activity or a way for me to learn at my own rate. I'm only now starting to get back that joy for reading I had when I was little by choosing what I want to read and taking my own pace during summer break. Other than that, the only book I've genuinely enjoyed reading during middle/high school was when our teacher let us choose our own books, as long as it was a previously banned book. I read One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and absolutely loved it! It felt as if I had my choice back, and since everyone was reading different books we had no schedule other than to have it done by the month. It was fantastic. Nothing since than that one banned book unit has been anything but taxing (For reference, I'm in my sophomore year of high school). The lack of choice, the specific testing and essays I have to write over books I don't even care about, and the strict and fast pace that my schools have made me take in all this context absolutely destroyed the joy I used to have for reading. I can barely remember most of the books I've read for english class. I just hope I'll get that joy back one day.
Funny thing, I tend to ramble. But now im thinking one of the reasons music is so huge to me now is that it replaces what reading used to be for me. Music, any kind, tell stories as well. I've played in orchestra for a long time, I listen to albums by the hour, I analyze albums and lyrics and I'm still motivated to practice my instruments after years. Never has music been made akin to tests and deadlines and grades in the same way reading has. Sure, im in music classes at school, but its a vastly different experience. It's mostly a participation grade, with just the few tests on technical ability or auditions for groups if you so choose, but the focus is on the experience, getting better, and having a relationship with the music. Reading should be that way too. I feel like more kids would retain their natural love of reading that way.
I used to love reading as a kid, but then when we were required to read 30 minutes to an hour at home, I started hating it and my ADHD didn't help, so I would just stare at the pages and flip it every now and then in defiance. Now I have a hard time reading at home because of those past experiences.
Back in middle school and high school, my one policy was "If it isn't Captain Underpants, I'm not interested." I loved the crap out of those book, and no other books could get cling onto me...
Well... one year in middle school, I was placed into an advance reading class despite already being assigned to the more simpler SE Reading class. Advance reading was simply grab your own book from the library and you have to read it for a book report or something like that... I didn't last a week in that class. Day three comes and we all have a book picked out from the school library... Except me. I couldn't decide what interested me (Except Captain Underpants) and the teacher "picked" a book for me. Everyone was reading but me, and this teacher knew she was going to have to get me to read the book picked for me. She stood over me and told me to read, I opened the book up read one page and closed the book as if it was a very, very short story.... Big mistake. They were so furious at me and the next day, I was assigned to a new reading class where the teacher wasn't so forceful, and just let me do whatever in the class as long as I kept quiet. The other class just let me read old issues of Nintendo Power or one of the old Winnie the Pooh books which were more easier on me...
High school was a little bit better... We'd have to do quizzes on each chapter we all read that day (We all read the same book), I was having a difficult time trying to do the quizzes and they just decided to just give them and answer them as we read along.
I also hated how it felt so forced. As a young child who liked books up until late 6th grade, it was just so horrible having to read a book chosen for you and then do a report on it and what it symbolizes etc..
Only speak for myself here. Hate reading because 90% of words in books are not necessary. Same for writing. Why write 1500 words when I can say the same in under 20 words. Also hate people who speak/write paragraphs and get nowhere. I just tell them to make point forms and save me time because my time is literally my life.
Communication is supposed to be efficient and effective. That goes for both book and school, children and adults. When you detect something is wasting your time, you stop dealing with them. "Them" can be books, salespeople, cold calls, movies, school, jobs, relationships, hobbies, and so on (not taxes though, unfortunately).
TLDR: Reading and learning should just get to the point.
Agreed
But.. thats the whole point of books..
If books didnt have that much words they would be like this:
"There was a girl who had a crush on a boy. She started to talk to him and they became friends. Eventually the boy developed fealings for her and they confessed. They are a couple now.
The end."
Words are a branch of art you know..
@@mitchy2699 No objection to art. I don't mind fictions piling 50 volumes since they are just for fun, but when you need to pass down real knowledge to kids in school (title of video), you need to be precise. Reason? The amount of knowledge we need to learn is getting bigger and bigger.
Back in caveman days, a kid only needs to observe the adults to learn several skills to survive. Now? You need to study up to 20 years or more to be functional (averagely) in society. What about 2000 years later? You will be age 60 to be a functional citizen because you need to master 100 complex skills to drive a space ship.
Learning costs time, and time is life. If we fail to be precise, we will be literally dead after finishing schools. Why kids hate reading? Because their instincts tell them to save time and effort. Human beings choose the least costly options to get things done. This process is natural. If we need to suppress natural instincts, that means the system should be optimized further.
TLDR: We need to be precise in teaching kids because society needs more and more skills for each person.
I didn’t like reading when I was younger but I found the Percy Jackson musical when I was 12 and decided that I wanted to read the books and that’s how I got into reading
I think that you just need to find the right book for you because if you don’t you won’t like it
I think this differs from countries, I don't remember such a push for reading from my school days. Sure we had to read books for class, but that only made me dislike those books, not reading.
I think what schools don't do is encourage a love for reading. I think if you don't grow up with reader's in their life school does not introduce reading as a valuable hobby/task.
On critical thinking and reading comprehension I found that hardest to explain as a valuable skill to students.
And don't get me started on reading out loud - which is a highly neglected skill for work life.
Thanks for the comments. I guess that's true. If someone doesn't grow up with readers in their life, school probably won't make reading seem valuable.
I never really thought about reading out loud as a valuable skill. That would make an interesting video topic. I haven't read out loud since college.
I used to teach English to business people and made them read out loud all the time, because think about it: A meeting and your boss asks you to quickly read something of a slide or email or anything and you stutter your way through it. Worse even if you are the boss and read out a memo or so to your team and can't without showing your awkward. It is something we expect people to do well especially if they are holding powerful positions. It's like how non native speackers with an accent can lose intelligent points to the listener.
That's a good point in business. We expect our company leaders to be able to speak and present things. You mentioned speakers with an accent. While it can detract from their message if they are a non-native speaker, I think accents can add intelligent points, particularly British accents, for an American audience. Not sure why that is.
but British is a native speaker. Think instead about a woman from Columbia, their pitch is so different to the German one add an accent and it is hard to not judge their intelligence based on this. It is one of those biases we have due to people not being as able to express themselves in a foreign language instead of realizing that they are bilingual.
That's a good point. I don't have much international business experience, but I can see what you're getting at. Thanks for the perspective.
It's the force that makes them hate reading, and thanks to that, I hate reading :)
Reading fiction increases empathy. What's empathy? According to my interpersonal communications textbook, it's the most important communication skill among some leading scholars.
Isn’t repeating what someone told you what schools want you to do like on tests
True
Reading 1984 phenomenal novel
When I was in high school, teachers would force students to tell which book to read, even if the stories aren’t interesting and boring.
Lol
Really True😂😂👏👏👏
I am looking at this video as a 40 year old who doesn't like to read , I can read obviously but if it doesn't start with DANGER or some topic that really presents a big interest for me I usually don't read more than two or three lines and when I do read, it happens that I lose interest in the middle of the sentence. Quite enjoy audiobooks so I wonder where did it go went wrong... And if it is something I dislike more then reading is writing :)))
i hate reading school probably ruined it i used to do that stuff as a kid facts this video is amazing and these things that they assign in school are boring
I’m too much of a visual guy to love reading. I loved reading comic books though. There are some amazing comic books
As I grew up I loved reading, but the older I got the more I hated it. I now listen to audiobooks which makes me remember and learnt faster.
As a kid, I loved to read, but I wasn't great at it. I tried books that had some words and pictures (I remember reading Eyewitness books on ancient Egypt and sharks.) but teachers told me that I was too old for them. So I tried a different more complex book (The cat warrior's series vol 1.) but before I could even read it, the school librarian told me that was too advanced and wouldn't even let me check it out. I was seven years old...all I wanted was to read about things that seemed interesting. Today, I love books, but I am still a poor reader and I honestly want to get better. I wish I had never gone to school...I would have turned out better.
I'm a school librarian and I hate that your teachers and librarian censored your selections. I have tried to make sure I have filled my library with books the kids actually WANT to read and would NEVER tell them they couldn't get something because it was too "advanced." I teach them how to choose books they can read and always encourage them to choose the books they are interested in!!
I used to do this thing where we would be in groups of 5-7 people and we would be given a book based on our reading level. We had different characters to talk as and it sucked. I was probably the best at reading and now I stutter every sentence I read
Love how school forced us to read fiction about magic men surviving. NOT!
I dont hate it but not like it as much as some ppl. I read sometimes but then comes the summer reading and we are forced to read a set number of pages. I HATE THAT.
I used to love reading but school sucked it out of me
reading sucks because i have to read at home for grades.
Dark times in school
Hey minute book reports, I'm writing an essay on this and I couldn't tie together my ideas and this really helped, reach out if you want to see it! Thank You!
i am 13 yrs old and i dont like reading i just dont find it "fun"
PanthorDoomGaming I found reading boring when I was 13 too. Try finding a book about something you like - anything at all, even if no one has ever heard of it :) give yourself 50 pages and if it's really boring still, put it down and try something else. You can get some good recommendations on goodreads.com. Good luck! :)
@@stvjful I'll definitely try that!
Thx
@@stvjful for me (im also 13) i only like reading books about something that i like (like BTS books) but then again, my school allows you to choose what book you like but it has to be in a certain genre, thats why i dont like reading..
@김케이티 Sometimes reading widely can be good as it helps you to find things you might not know you like. But I get that at school it’s not always easy to read the things you’d rather read when there are things you HAVE to read. If you have time outside school, you should try to make time for the stuff you do like to read (even graphic novels or short stories). Any reading is helpful for you :)
Looks u r a gaming guy, read books about gaming, technology etc,
i dont like small kids i like the gaming gamers rappers among us
I remember when I was 5 I loved to read but now school makes me start to not like reading anymore like now when I see a book in my mind I wanted to throw away
Interesting
I am 11 and I don’t hate reading
Good for you. What types of books do you like to read?
A series of unfortunate events,captain underpants,magic tree house and many others
Too late I already hate it
I like reading and my school taught me how to read