Ugh i hated reading during school, my classmates were horrors and it really put me off all books for awhile.
We had to read The Simple Gift by i dont remember, i think 4 years in a row, and still i was the only one out of all my english classes that actually read it.... Another one was Mice and Men but my classmates wouldnt stop bitching and we ended up watching the movie instead. This also happened when our teacher tried to read Romeo and Juilet i think we spent 2 classes on it before watching the movie with DiCaprio (which wasnt as bad...)
When i first started high school our teacher use to make us do lots of books reviews, about 6 months in she stopped seeing as the only ones doing the work was me and a friend of mine.
I dont see why teachers even bother reading at school, no body is ever interested and most of the time it just ends up being point less. In primary school its okay, little kids enjoy it, but in high school....