I believe that the current educational system produces robots, who are able to spit back information regarding plots, literary devices, etc., but are unable to truly appreciate the beauty of literature, and have difficulty reading for anything other than a homework assignment.
For example, when I was younger, I was always reading, and I didn’t analyze every character, or search frantically for anaphora’s, but rather I enjoyed being transported to another world, found within the pages of a book. Now, however, I rarely find time to read at all, and when I do have time, I plow through assigned books that I feel pressured to read by a deadline, and don’t particularly enjoy. As a result, I miss subtle nuances that make books enjoyable, and read with the purpose of obtaining as much information as I can in as little time as possible. Thus, the education system hasn’t necessarily ruined reading for me, but it definitely makes it less enjoyable, and forces me to read in a manner that I do not particularly prefer.
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