Encouraging kids to read, Not!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

The point is that the kids read, right? What happened to assigning the occasional book report? The stories in the class's English book? The dioramas? What about country reports and King Tut projects that required the students to do a little "research" reading? (Too busy prepping for standardized tests?)

The punchline is that students still have to do all the reports and things of old, as well as meet new requirements that are thrown at them by politicians.