And if their teachers did recom- mend books, it was usually classics that the teachers had read in college, books that were written for well- educated, leisured adults and that don't have a single teenage character in them.
What's funny about this is that one of my former highschool teachers recommended I read "fahrenheit 451". To be fair , that book got me back into reading and pushed me to read other types of books.
One of the most valuable qualities of contem- porary teenage fiction is that it helps students feel normal, comfortable, understood
Thinking back to my youth when I would watch shows like "Drake and Josh," "Ned's Declassified," "Zoey 101" nickelodeon. Those shows were at times kind of relatable but not all the time. I wonder how relatable these kinds of shows were for other kids.
The books I read sometimes are the same as to what is going on around me" (implying that assigned books are not connecte
This reminds of the time when "Diary of a wimpy kid" was big back in elementary school. I remember almost every guy in my class had read it. Including myself.