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Originally Posted by JadeTrickster  Sadly, I have to agree with the reading is dying theory. Only 3 of my friends read(though those are all my friends), and when I read at school people mock me and try to take my books away!  Even worse, no one in my class had ever heard of Fahrenheit 451 or LOTR before being forced to read them in class  |
Sorry to hear that. However, not quite sure it is data for reading is dying - purely because exactly the same used to happen to me at secondary school 20 years ago. They eased off as we all got older - I think 14 is a bit of a turning point.
Mind you, haven't forgotten sitting quietly reading in the 6th form common room, and someone sticking their face over my book to ask "Are you alright?" Done nicely, but the implication.... They
had just been made a prefect and had delusions of grandeur.
I do know some people who were brought up to believe that it is rude to read when there is another person in the room, you should be making conversation. I was brought up to respect that someone reading doesn't want to be interrupted. (Amazing the variations in "good manners" in one culture - but that's for a different thread.
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