Readicide

I do not believe that genre fiction should be taught in the same fashion that literary fiction is taught. Imagine reading the Hunger Games in class. Instead of rushing through it in a sitting you're forced to drag it out, making it last a month instead of a day. And rather than getting lost in the beauty of star-crossed lovers from district 12 you're forced to analyze it, look for metaphors, take notes, and pass quizes on it. The millions of readers that loved it and we're obsessed about it would be greatly diminished. Some kids hate books just because they were taught school, others may have failed the test and hold a grudge, some kids maybe just couldn't get over the fact that, like the example of the movie projector, their reading experience got disrupted every four minutes. This doesn't mean that some people would not enjoy reading the Hunger Games in school, just that the number of people it touched would not be quite the same. People would tell you the message behind the Hunger Games, not the way it blew their mind and kept them up all night.
Believe it or not literary fiction does have a purpose and will actually be more helpful in more jobs. References to classics are made everywhere, including the workplace, and if you didn't study it in school it is unlikely that you will understand these references. However even if you did not read Twilight, Harry Potter, or the Hunger Games you probably know enough about them to understand most comments made about the book. It is also said that literary fiction is not as relatable as genre fiction. But if you ask me it's just as hard to relate to a futuristic fireman burning books as it is to a girl  desperately fighting for her life while trying figure out if she loves the baker or the hunter in a poverty stricken future society.
I do believe that genre fiction needs to be used to get kids to start reading. I just believe we can find better ways to do it than making kids take tests over Harry Potter, Twilight, and the Hunger Games.