Ok, I'm confused. It seems to me that you're suggesting that, because books like Basic Economics are unlikely to be found in libraries, we shouldn't start stocking them in libraries? Help me out here.
As for being put off from reading, I've got my doubts about that entire notion. It seems like adults making excuses for student laziness or cultural issues. Students are put off because we keep telling them they should be.
As per the article, there is no mention of any particular texts being required, only examples of informational texts. I find it rather disingenuous that I am being asked to defend the most extreme forms of that type book. Were I to handle this debate as you are, I would be pretending that your view of the law required that our history books be thrown out in favor of 50 Shades of Gray.
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Date: 2013-01-04 07:27 pm (UTC)As for being put off from reading, I've got my doubts about that entire notion. It seems like adults making excuses for student laziness or cultural issues. Students are put off because we keep telling them they should be.
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