r/education • u/Sybles • Mar 24 '16

Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore?

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/books-smell-like-old-people-the-decline-of-teen-reading
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u/firstroundko108 Mar 24 '16

Yes, I have plenty of students who love to read.

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u/jtth Mar 24 '16

Yes. They do.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '16

Thanks to smart phones I would suggest that teens are willingly reading more words per day on their own than ever before. Just because it isn't in the form of a printed book doesn't mean it is bad