How Should Textbooks Be Taught In Schools

Reading teachers across America usually require their students to read one book as a class for each quarter. As a student myself, I’ve noticed that the teachers always pick the book and it’s never the students that get to choose. Since teachers always get to choose, it seems to be restricting our ideas. I believe that most students would agree with me that it would be fair for us to choose what books we read together throughout the school year. Although, some people may argue that we shouldn’t be able to choose the books we want because we rely on our teachers too much. Yes, we do rely on our teachers, but not in the way everyone thinks we do. We rely on them to let us share our ideas with one another and to be more open minded. Doing so can help the class in many ways, such as helping students gain confidence, being more social with each other, and making them want to participate in group discussions. …show more content…
With that being true sometimes, it would be better if the teacher lets the students choose the book they want to read instead of being told what they’re going to read. Giving a student the option to choose a book for the quarter will more than likely be able to make them want to read more, as they will be more intrigued by it. Having the students choose/suggest books to read will have an effect on everyone because they’ll all pick interesting books, and resulting in choosing an interesting book would likely make them not want to stop reading it. In conclusion, it’s a good idea to give students the choice to pick what books they read together as a class because it can help the class in a positive way. Although their choices may vary from sci-fi to educational, the class will be more involved and willing to do more if their peers choose a book. Also, as I said before it’ll help everyone break out of their shells and be able to share their ideas more