Blog Post: By Andrew Reinert :)

I think that’s its a personal choice of what’s a good book. Someone should not tell what a good book is and what isn’t. They don’t know what your preferences are that’s like saying you can only talk, eat and sleep at a certain time. That’s basically a totalitarian government because someone or a group of people are telling you what to do. You the person should the one and only person that decide what’s good and what’s not. For a school to decide what kids to read is so stupid. There should be a balance. For example still read Romeo and Juliet but then read a book like Hunger Games. There is an absolutely no need for just reading literary fiction. Kids then start to develop an unneeded hatred towards books. We were built upon books and we are destroying the basic foundation. It’s like building a house then destroying the basement. What will happen the house will collapse? And we don’t need for our house to collapse.  Why should kids read books? Children should read books because books in general help to develop imaginations. I grew up with Clifford the Big Red Dog. I loved it; my mom read me the same book every night before I went to sleep. I honestly believe that without my mother reading that to me I wouldn’t be the person I am today, because I love dogs and I always thought when I was like 7,8,9 that we were able a boxer that was all red. Every time we went to look I would always ask is there a full red dog. All of the memories were made from having Clifford being read to me. So yes I truly believe that kids should be rer or read books for their entire life. Now I’m not saying to read every day but do it some.