Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope?

[Dave Monroe]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:34 PM, alice wellintown
<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:

> About their fears? Choices? Relationships? Jesus! Are we talking about
> boys or girls? Robert Lipsyte doesn't know anything about why boys
> read or don't read books. He doesn't even know much about boys. How
> does this math problem make you feel?  How does this biology lab
> change how you think about your relationships? I know why the caged
> bird can't sing. Because he or she reads bad poetry taught by
> uninspired lazy and stupid teachers who suck up stupid psychobabble
> about how and why kids read.

... this thing could really use a "like" button ...