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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Not how my experience went. You read the books, you got the points, and (assuming you were doing well in every other aspect of the class), you got an A. But if you struggled with reading (as I did in school), you got poor grades despite the fact that your grammar, writing, and spelling were otherwise excellent. Very rarely did I get a teacher who rewarded reading; most of them punished my failure to read.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

"Book It" had nothing to do with Grades, just raw effort. In my area at least, but I thought it was pretty universal in its execution.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My 5th grade teacher killed my desire to read at an early age when she banned the class from reading Goosebumps during "Pleasure reading time".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate to break it to you, but that almost certainly came from some karen that didn't want their individual son or daughter to be reading it. So they raised a big fuss with the teacher for principle to get the books banned in your classroom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

That's exactly what it was! She had twins at the same grade level and she didn't want them reading those books. This was in South Carolina, so this type of behavior was expected. The Karen's ruled South Carolina...

[–] natecox 6 points 2 months ago

That monster. Goosebumps was a foundational part of my lifelong love of reading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That’s ridiculous of them.