Reading Books Should Not Be Taught In Schools

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Imagine your sitting in the class room reading a boring book that was picked out by some not so fun adult,you sit there and try and read itbut end up quittingthe bookand never picking it up again have you ever had this problem? Well you wouldn’thave this problem if that boring adult had picked the book HuckleberryFinn like are great teacher Ms, Amato did, but after reading this great book I had to ask myself onequestionshouldthis book be read in classrooms today?If so what could be the downfall to doing just that?Soto get a better grasp on an answer for these questionsI did some deep thinking and came up with some more questions which were the following. Whowill be reading this,whatare they interested in,and will they be offended by the language used.

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