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I commented on Professor Channel's blog about Is Bibliophobia a Social Disease?. I agree with Mark Bauerlein's argument. People, especially students nowadays do not read and don’t really care if they read or not. And as Professor Channel said, they’re proud of it. However, besides just not reading, students feel pressured that if they do read something out of the norm, they’ll be labeled as the “nerds” in the group. To steer away from this stereotyping, students look for books such as Twilight and Harry Potter, to read and relate to other kids about. One person reads this book and realizes how great and interesting it is, then a chain reaction sparks and other kids start reading--a social phenomenon is created.