Extra Credit

On Thursday, I attended a forum on the subject of the reading habits of teenagers. It took place on the 7th floor of the Student Union. I was not much of a reader when I was in high school. I read the Harry Potter series, and a couple of other books for pleasure, but that's about it. I always hated being assigned reading in high school to be honest. In the forum, the importance of reading at a young age was discussed. Teenagers who read for fun are more likely to do better in school than teenagers who don't read for fun. I also learned that teenagers are into reading books that come in a series (like my experience with Harry Potter.) We also discussed the current popularity of vampire books, like Twilight. Several other authors have hopped on the vampire train, and it's earning them quite a bit of money. The topic of teenagers reading with their friends also came up. As I said, I never read much in high school, but my friends were also into the Harry Potter books, so we would buy them as soon as they came out, read them individually (which only took a couple days) and discuss them to no end. Several of the other students in the forum had similar experiences. Most of what was discussed was not surprising to me, because of my own experiences, and because of what I see in the media (ex. the popularity of Twilight), but the talk was interesting nonetheless.