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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If a kid is truly over their head with a book, it won't be long until they get bored and quit, unless they're just trying to impress someone and aren't interested in the book itself.

Kids should be allowed to unlimited learning and curiosity, this spark you have as a child is very powerful if you let it happen and nurture it instead of trying to fit all students in an iron cast thinking that you know what's best for them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also reading a book with words you don't understand can teach you new words and concepts. So this is basically just a school not letting their students learn.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yep! I read To Kill a Mockingbird in the Third grade. I learned all sorts of new words.