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What do you think of required summer reading?



Required summer reading is...

Awesome
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24%
Good, but...
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Meh
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Bad, but...
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Terrible
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10%
Pat Buchanan
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20%
 
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Big Brother says...



Until you get to the college or university level, you're probably required to read a certain number of books during the summer. You may be given just a few that you must read, or you may be allowed to choose from a long list. Either way, do you believe required summer reading is good or bad?
  





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Hattable says...



Voting Pat Buchanan on this one.
(I've never had required summer reading, though...)
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BlueLitMoon says...



Summer reading is good, because it helps you to keep with it. :D
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Rook says...



I love to read, don't get me wrong, but I usually end up hating the required books simply because they're required and we have to take notes on them or whatever. I had two required reading books last year. The first one I started 3 days before school started. The second, I still haven't finished...
And last summer I read like 50 books or something. >.>
Just not those ones.
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Pretzelstick says...



I volunteer at the children's library, where there is summer reading, but not necessarily required summer reading. Every grade in our town has a suggested list of books that the children can read, but again, that's not required. We have a children's summer reading program which encourages them to read everyday(any book of their choice). If they read everyday they get a sticker and prize.I really like this system.

I read summer books assigned by teachers, and I had no problem with them.
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Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:18 pm
Mea says...



I usually don't mind it. I already read a lot over the summer, and since I usually like the books I read for English so I'm happy to read them. I hate it when we also have to write an essay on them, though. That's just unfair.
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SkyeWalker says...



Usually required summer reading gives me books that are really boring and ugh. I like to read my own books, the kind I like. Stuff like Sci-Fi or Fanfiction or Fantasy... :)
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ExOmelas says...



Good, but sometimes you just want to sit down and read a book about a boy called Dax who turns into a fox and his friend Gideon who levitates things.

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Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:51 pm
Swiftfurthewarrior says...



Good but...
Forcing someone to read usually doesn't work. Same thing with writing.
If you are forced to do the things you enjoy, it takes the fun out of it.
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Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:26 pm
Auxiira says...



Never had to do it.
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fantasydragon01 says...



VERY IMPORTANT! YOU HAVE TO READ DURING THE SUMMER. IT IS A MUST!
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Duncan says...



We don't have required summer reading in English, but we do have Chinese reading reports required to do during the summer. The book list is full of incredibly dull and boring books though...
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Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:08 pm
Lavvie says...



Begone.

I am grateful that I will not have to do it any time soon again. I'm with @Widdershins.


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Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:17 pm
niteowl says...



I don't think I ever had required summer reading lists. I know certain AP classes (English and US History) had associated summer reading, but I never took them.

Before entering college, I got a free copy of the "One Book, One Community" book of the year and it was suggested that we should read it and the book would be used in certain freshman classes. I read it, but it was never used for any of my classes. I went to a large university in a science-focused program, so I don't know if other classes used it.

I don't like the idea of required reading lists. It takes the joy out of reading. I think a better approach would be something like what Pretzelsing described, where there are suggested books for each grade in a variety of genres. That way, the student could read challenging books that still match their interests. This could be coupled with library summer reading programs.
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Konijn says...



Don't get me wrong, I love reading, and I do quite a lot of it, but I hate it when I am forced to read certain books.
  








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