Comments on: Who says boys don’t read?

By: sb

sb — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:18:33 +0000

sing it sister! I teach 8th grade. My boys read, they just tend to read magazines or newspapers. They are pretty surprised when I tell them that those are great things to read since they are usually around 8th grade reading level!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:02:59 +0000

If they like to read anything it counts in my book.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:37:27 +0000

i was wondering what some of your favourite books are?

By: Will

Will — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:48:15 +0000

yah well i dont really ever look for another book that i read in class becuase your doing all this novel study and they dont ever really make you want to read others by them and well i read novels like calvin and hobbes but i also read like redwall i really got hooked on those so i believe some boys do read well but some just neglect it

By: Victor Anthony

Victor Anthony — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:40:58 +0000

Reading sports statistics, comic books, etc. is kind of like listening to fluffy pop music whereas reading literary novels is more like listening to classical or jazz music. When I was a kid I mostly read historical non-fiction. For pleasure anyway. Of course I read the books assigned for school but rarely did I seek out another book by an author I’d read for a class. John Steinbeck was the exception.