[duderific]

> In the cafeteria, Ryan Tripathi, 16, was paging through “Lord of the Flies,” which he said is slow-going. “I'm just not used to reading,” he said. “I’m usually on my phone.”

Damn, that hits pretty hard.

[Retr0id]

Understandable, I never finished Lord of the Flies despite not having a smartphone at the time.

[foldr]

Lord of the Flies is a short book telling a simple story in which lots of very identifiable stuff actually happens. It’s not exactly Ulysses. Sixteen year olds used to routinely read more complex works of fiction for fun.

[theshrike79]

I think it's a prerequisite for a book to become required reading in schools to be boring as shit first :)

[arbol]

I've barely read a book in the last 5 years. I actually don't think I've finished one. I read ALL the time when I was a teenager.