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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by Aeolun on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:11PM (#34214247)
I don’t think this is always true. I enjoyed reading before school forced me to, and while I mildly resented being forced to read something I didn’t particularly want to read, it never made me enjoy reading less.

I also read a few books I otherwise would’ve never picked up that ended up very interesting.

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by bobthepanda on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:17AM (#34214933)
I don't think they're saying they disliked reading totally, but that they disliked books they were forced to read. Although, if that happened to be every single book in the syllabus, then sure, someone might mistakenly think they don't actually like reading.

Ultimately, sacrifices get made to try and get mass education working; the current system is barely scalable, so anything even more personalized is pretty much out of the question.

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