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OPINION: Students are losing out on creativity, innovation that ‘deep reading’ can foster
Growing up, I tended to keep tipping piles of books on my top bunkbed — much to my sister’s annoyance, she was on the bottom. But, hey, I didn’t want to limit myself to just one genre if I struggled to sleep, as I often did.
I’d stay up late, sometimes fighting back heavy eyelids until I found out what happened to the hero in distress. And I was never one to skip to the end – a type of cheating in my mind.
I can’t imagine never having experienced the excitement and anticipation of a good, thick novel. But too many kids are nowadays, to their detriment.
Recent articles at The Hechinger Report, the Associated Press, The Atlantic, and other outlets indicate young adults are struggling to read long passages of literature – including students accepted to America’s top universities.
As The Atlantic reported this week:
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Growing up, I tended to keep tipping piles of books on my top bunkbed — much to my sister’s annoyance, she was on the bottom. But, hey, I didn’t want to limit myself to just one genre if I struggled to sleep, as I often did.
I’d stay up late, sometimes fighting back heavy eyelids until I found out what happened to the hero in distress. And I was never one to skip to the end – a type of cheating in my mind.
I can’t imagine never having experienced the excitement and anticipation of a good, thick novel. But too many kids are nowadays, to their detriment.
Recent articles at The Hechinger Report, the Associated Press, The Atlantic, and other outlets indicate young adults are struggling to read long passages of literature – including students accepted to America’s top universities.
As The Atlantic reported this week:
Continued below.
Even Ivy League students are struggling to read whole novels | The College Fix
OPINION: Students are losing out on creativity, innovation that ‘deep reading’ can foster.
