Readicide.

I think one of the main reasons kids don't like having to read for school is because all of the writing is symbolic. None of the words mean exactly what they're saying. All of the authors are not just telling a story, they're hinting at a bigger issue. As kids though, we're not able to tell exactly what they're saying, so it confuses us. It gets difficult when teachers ask what we think the author is saying, because with most of the books we read, the ideas are very vague. I do think it's important for these authors to write like this, because a lot of their books are praised because of their ability to do this. I just think that for school purposes we should either be told right away what they're trying to say, or we should read books that come right out and say what they're trying to say instead of just hinting around it. Either keep teaching these same books you've been teaching, but don't make kids analyze as much, or teach newer books that come out and say what issues they're talking about.