A while back I remembered reading this post about what children should be reading in school. Now I don’t necessarily agree with the Common Core State Standards I do agree that kids should be reading more. I have personally found that with reading more I have had better ideas for papers in class or just having more creative ideas in general. I also feel like that kids need to be reading more at a younger age because when things pick up in high school and then again in college they need the necessary skills to help them successfully get through books at an appropriate pace.
I also agree that kids should read more. Not only does reading provide information in its text, but also through its text. Different writing styles and different voices, help to obtain a personal writing identity, which, not only makes it easier to write, but also more interesting, because it then feels like something you said, rather than something you were made to say.
Reading is definitely an important element when it comes to learning. If know that if I had not grown up reading all the books that I had, my writing style today would be much different since a lot of it was picked up through the books I read.
I completely agree with the idea of children reading more in school. However, I think children should be reading books in different genres with many different writing styles. I think if we stick to only reading British Literature or American Literature we will not be able to see how there are so many different and creative ways to write.