I begged,I pleaded, I cajoled – but no matter what, or Jordan refused to pick up a book until I watched his favourite TV point to and found some common ground
There’s no denying that getting teenage boys to read is hard,but after asking Brandon, a junior in one of my classes (who was a voracious reader and captain of the football team) to recommend his favourite books, and I saw an uptake among my year group. Success. Well,almost. There was still one holdout: Jordan. He was a knowing sophomore who could easily analyse and understand the work we did in course. He contributed insightful commentary to discussions (pointing out difficult concepts like irony, paradox, or hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.)) and could easily elaborate a confusing text to another student. He scored high grades and was on course for a high B. That is until I set supplemental reading. Then he refused to do any work.
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Source: theguardian.com