They Don't Read!

I have been assigned to blog about an article from Rob Weir. I believe he is a professor, I'm not sure about what type of classes he teaches. In this paper he talks about why college students don't read, and what to do to get them to read, to learn new habits, skills, and so they also pay attention to the assignments. Some of the ways he talks about getting his or any students to read, seems practical, well all are practical. Yet as a student I don't feel a two minute paper is fair, but its all the professors choice. He goes into detail about really fair ways of grading the essays, only critically reading a few and just skimming through other assignments. This teaches the student to be on top of their game and not slack because and use the excuse of "There are 600 other essays to grade, mine doesn't have to be prefect."


I agree with Mr. Weir's saying that many of the students nowadays barely like to read. He compares reading to video games, cell phones, partying and internet surfing. I think it should have been past teachers jobs, along with the parents to create fun ways to get their children to be "addicted to reading" the way they are addicted to said video games. This in they will create a thirst for knowledge, myself included probably needed to be more pushed into reading. As I grew up, especially now that I've entered college level classes, I regret not "hitting the books" more. This has changed, this past year as a senior, now as a freshmen I've had a a great need of, more and more information to be thrown at me to make up for all the lost time. Which is in some ways good, and a few bad. Good because it helps my mind open up and consume the daily dosage of knowledge, but bad because the fear and ability to stress myself and become overwhelmed with to much to do. One main reason I regret not reading more is for grammatical purpose. I simple struggle at it, I feel miss informed because my past teachers never really stressed the importance. I never have a "English" teacher per say, most based their assignments off literature. I'm sure every kid that doesn't crack open a book for fun, either regrets it or has had a point in their life when they have. I've read a bit through the years like the Harry Potter series, and a few unknown authors, nothing too impressive.