Teen Reality: Why Teens Hate Reading Books

Teen Reality Reading. As soon as that word slips off of teacher's lips you can just imagine a wave of students slouch down in their chair and groaning in dismay. Don’t get me wrong, their are a few who sit up straight and with a goofy look on their face, desperate to leap into another adventure. But for most teens, they fall into the category with the disappointed teens. An interesting question was once proposed “How do you pick a book? Do you judge a book by its cover?”. A student from Mrs.Quesenberry’s class responded “Yes, 100% I do”. This could be part of the reason why teens hate reading. They’ll just scan through rows and aisles of dingy, old-fashioned, or just plain boring looking books, searching for the one that calls their name with

As a teen myself, I have no time to read. Between balancing afterschool sports and studying, reading does not fit in my schedule. By the time I get home, I make myself a delightful snack, get cozy in my bed and, open the first page of the book. Usually, by the time the I get home, I would already be in a deep sleep right now. “But let’s be practical. Who has time to read with their kids during high school? Homework, plus soccer and swim schedules have made it increasingly difficult to keep it up, so I try to be realistic. ”(Werrlein, 2). Most teens can relate my scenario, where other people have the spare time to read. For example, they go straight home, do their homework and are able to unwind and crack open a book. As a child, it was critical to learn how to read and read a lot in order to fluently learn english and be able to read and write. But, as you get older, reading becomes less of an everyday thing and more of an if I have to, i’ll do it. Honestly, I did not even want to read the articles I have to include in this paper, but since it is in the prompt i have to. However, that does not mean that reading becomes less important in teens lives. “Aside from introducing children to a love of literature and storytelling, reading exposes them to written language, which differs from the spoken word. Writing contains more description and typically adheres to more formal grammatical structures