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I’m just wondering how much

Submitted by Ameneh on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 12:54am.

I’m just wondering how much of assigned tests being a bombardment of facts and figures and consequently dull or boring has to do with us having internalized societal norms/a certain way of thinking and acting. You’re not supposed to enjoy reading academic journals as much as a novel in your spare time. You're supposed to complain about it. What you read for pleasure, on the other hand, is what you're meant to enjoy. Maybe subconsciously knowing this makes it more unlikely for us to identify a particular piece of reading as enjoyable? 

A lot of it, I feel, also has to do with how much interest you have in what you’re reading whether it is an academic journal or a book. You could find the newest bestselling book far more boring than your biochemistry article. Whether such a preference is innate or cultivated, however, is another question. 

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