On September 11th, 2017 the Mukwonago Area School District took away the privilege of their students reading fictional books. As students heard the news, many of them were disappointed that one of their favorite privileges were taken away. Their language arts teacher confronted them, showing them the disappointing email from the school board. The teacher took away the students books, and many kids were sad they didn’t get to finish. As many of the students discussed what what going on in class, they came to the conclusion that this wasn’t fair. The school board explained that they did this for better education, however the students still disagreed. Many students discussed that they should have the ability to select their own titles, instead of reading a story that doesn’t interest them at all.

As a day passed by, students realized they needed to put an end to this nonsense. Not being able to choose their own books was like not being able to pick out their own clothes. The students knew they had to do something about this. The next day as students entered their language arts classroom, there was a big smirk sprawled across their teacher’s face. “Okay students,” she started, “please don’t get mad at me, but this was all a joke.”
“What?” students replied in unison.

“Not being able to read fictional books was a lie,” she explained, “you may all have your books back.”
Students were delighted with this announcement, however they were also confused as to why their teacher would do that. The teacher calmly explained that she did this so the students could learn journalism, and understand how it feels when something surprising happens. As the students soaked that all in, they began to understand why their teacher had pulled that un-expected prank. Realizing how lucky they were to read fictional books, they emptied out of their classroom in a very good mood. When students went home from school that day, they finally realized that reading wasn’t that bad after all.