Unfortunately, high schools force kids to read books, poems, short stories and plays to which they can't relate. These are usually deemed “classic literature” by people who are into reading in the first place, but for many others, the story just isn't interesting or relevant. For example, I had to read “A Separate Peace,” “Silas Marner,” “Alas, Babylon,” “The Monkey's Paw,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Lottery,” “The Scarlet Letter,” “East of Eden,” and “The Last of the Wine” in school. I hated all of them. I did get assigned some other books I enjoyed, like “Pride and Prejudice,” but assigned reading just was a pain — and I normally love to read.
The methods used to teach reading suck. My tenth-grade English teacher gave pop quizzes every day. One of my classmates kept a binder full of paper pre-numbered 1 to 10 because the teacher would always start the class by asking everyone to get out a sheet of paper and number it from 1 to 10. Or, you were given worksheets of vocabulary words for which you had to provide the definition and use in a sentence along with answering questions about the book to prove you read it.
You had to do these book reports in which you described settings and themes, listed the main characters and outlined the plot, where you were also graded on such things as spelling, grammar and writing on the last line or in the margins. You might also have to do these stupid “projects” like posters, dioramas, or presentations where you had to give oral book reports and/or pretend to “sell” the book. And schools and teachers striving for “creativity” and “rigor” required more and more from you in exchange for numbers and letters.
Sadly for kids, those numbers and letters can't be leveraged in meaningful ways. You can't take an A+ to the store and buy something with it, and instead of congratulating their kids for doing well, parents might shrug and say to the kid who went without sleep for several weeks and had to pass up time with friends or anything enjoyable to get
sorry i was only able to think of five reasons hoped this helps
