tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12388307.post7124312410560990020..comments2008-11-02T19:50:42.714-05:00Mitali Perkinshttps://profiles.google.com/116303560568859248981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12388307.post-60259803599096716012008-11-02T19:50:00.000-05:002008-11-02T19:50:00.000-05:00I can say most definitely that the workload from school makes a difference as to whether kids read for pleasure. In my 15-year-old daughter's case, the worst years were 6th through 8th grade. Not only did she have assigned reading from classes other than English, but she also participated in Battle of the Books and had required summer reading. This year, in 10th grade, they are reading fewer books but discussing them in more depth. This has freed her to read books of her own choosing, and you should see the length of the list she gave me last week!Dani in NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032707452740200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12388307.post-80531629516554609152008-10-20T10:39:00.000-04:002008-10-20T10:39:00.000-04:00I don't QUITE have a teen yet, but I talk to other moms with kids a bit older than me. Part of this may be the load of work kids get in high school--it may go back to the reading for school versus reading for pleasure. Not sure, but a possibility?<BR/><BR/>We at our house are all book addicts, so I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that my son doesn't go down this path. Fingers crossed.beckylevinehttp://beckylevine.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com