Studies have shown over the years that these tracks correlate perfectly with economic class. I think I know enough about most high schools in this country to say there is very little mingling of people from different backgrounds, different religious groups. The rich kids hang out with the rich kids, the jocks hang out with the jocks, the pointy heads hang out with the pointy heads, the greasers hang out with the greasers. Maybe there are some exceptions to that . . . I think the teaching of reading is mostly what prevents reading.
Different children learn different ways.
I think reading aloud is fun, but I would never read aloud to a kid so that the kid would learn to read. You read aloud because it s fun and companionable. You hold a child, sitting next to you or on your lap, reading this story that you re having fun with, and if it isn t a cozy, happy, warm, friendly, loving experience, then you shouldn t do it. It isn t going to do any good. I think children are attracted toward the adult world.