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Hi,

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My question is:

Why don’t young people (excluding myself) like books (generally)?

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Books are usually viewed upon today as if they are some sort of nasty disease, of which there is little cure from the boredom. Books are not boring! The people who say books are boring are boring themselves. My English teacher said, as a response to the phrase ‘books are boring’: “You’re simply not reading the right books”. In the past, reading was a privilege and anyone who could read was looked highly upon. In today’s society, even with public libraries everywhere and discount W. H. Smith offers, books are almost ignored. There are some exceptions to this rule, of course, but anyone who is seen seriously reading 2 or more books in their time at school is seen as a geek or bookworm.

I have never been called the latter (mainly an American phrase), but some of my friends have. I have a friend and she walks along and reds at the same time. I cannot begin to know how the hell she does it, but the sad thing is everyone else is very critical of her. She also reads in lessons, this has caused many “Put that book down” or “are you reading”?

So why do you think it today’s society it’s seemed as a bad thing to read books? Drop us a message in the comments box.