The School That Got Teens Reading

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0:00:06 > 0:00:10Something troubling is happening in schools all over Britain.

0:00:11 > 0:00:12Teenagers are falling

0:00:12 > 0:00:14out of love with reading.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20- I hate reading. - I don't see the point in doing it.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23- It's boring, really.- It's not really a thing that I like.

0:00:23 > 0:00:24I don't do reading.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30Studies have proved that teenagers who read for the joy of it are much

0:00:30 > 0:00:33more likely to get better jobs as adults.

0:00:35 > 0:00:39Yet there's been a steady decline in teenage reading rates

0:00:39 > 0:00:41over the last 30 years.

0:00:41 > 0:00:42Nobody reads because they want to.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45We just do it because we're forced to by teachers.

0:00:47 > 0:00:51Now, one of Britain's rising stars wants to do something about it.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55Actor and comedian Javone Prince...

0:00:55 > 0:00:56What?!

0:00:56 > 0:01:00..is going into the biggest state school in Lancashire

0:01:00 > 0:01:03to tackle a problem that used to affect him.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07When I was at school, I hated reading, cos I thought reading was just boring.

0:01:07 > 0:01:10It was getting in the way of what I wanted to do.

0:01:10 > 0:01:12And I wanted to become an actor.

0:01:12 > 0:01:15We're all here, so we're going to be a team.

0:01:15 > 0:01:19Javone believes that discovering books changed his life.

0:01:19 > 0:01:21And then I picked up my first book,

0:01:21 > 0:01:24and it was Kite Runner - the most amazing book I read.

0:01:24 > 0:01:28And then literally just getting lost in the world of the novel.

0:01:28 > 0:01:33He's got just three weeks to convert the school's most reluctant readers

0:01:33 > 0:01:35to his passion for literature.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39Start forgetting about what the words are and start imagining what the thing is.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Let Leon do it. I don't want to read.- OK, OK.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45Now, for someone who hates reading, you read pretty well.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47I just can't deal with it.

0:01:49 > 0:01:53He'll call on children's author and television presenter Helen Skelton...

0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Don't stress.- I AM stressing.

0:01:56 > 0:02:00..to help him face his toughest audience yet.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04I reckon I can do it.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06And I reckon I can show them that words are important,

0:02:06 > 0:02:09reading is, like, the most amazing thing in the world.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Did you read the book?- No.

0:02:11 > 0:02:12- No, I didn't.- No.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14What did you do last night?

0:02:14 > 0:02:15Facebook, I think.

0:02:27 > 0:02:31It's Monday morning at Ripley St Thomas in Lancaster,

0:02:31 > 0:02:33one of the top comprehensives in the country.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38Ripley gets impressive academic results

0:02:38 > 0:02:42but it still suffers from the same problem affecting schools across the UK.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47A lot of pupils don't like reading.

0:02:48 > 0:02:50We've done everything we possibly can.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52We've been to national conferences.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55We've built a brand-new library to complement our other library.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57We've introduced reading on the timetable.

0:02:57 > 0:02:58We have guided reading.

0:02:58 > 0:03:00We have people coming into school.

0:03:00 > 0:03:02We are doing everything possible.

0:03:04 > 0:03:09Ripley has taken a bold step by seeking help from the most unlikely of sources -

0:03:09 > 0:03:11comedian Javone Prince.

0:03:13 > 0:03:17But he hasn't been near a school since he left at 16.

0:03:17 > 0:03:21Kids, children, teenagers, young people.

0:03:21 > 0:03:25I'm scared. I think they are the hardest audience.

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Why should a teenager give me a chance?

0:03:30 > 0:03:31Wow!

0:03:32 > 0:03:35School.

0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Ah!- Good morning, Javone. - Good morning.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Welcome to Ripley. Lovely to see you.- Lovely to see you.

0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Have you always been a reader or did you...?- No, no, I was never a reader.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46I was terrible at school.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48I didn't do well in exams.

0:03:48 > 0:03:54And then going to drama school, sort of, it just kind of grew with me,

0:03:54 > 0:03:56so that's why I'm here because I want to sort of like say,

0:03:56 > 0:03:58"Look, come on, guys.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02- "These words are so amazing if you just let them speak to you."- Yes.

0:04:11 > 0:04:15Javone is taking on the school's 14 and 15-year-olds,

0:04:15 > 0:04:18an age when reading rates decline dramatically.

0:04:21 > 0:04:23Well, good morning, Year Ten.

0:04:23 > 0:04:24It's lovely to see you.

0:04:24 > 0:04:28I'm very delighted this morning to be able to welcome a special guest.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30This is Javone Prince.

0:04:30 > 0:04:32You may have seen him on the television,

0:04:32 > 0:04:35so I hope you'll give him a really good Lancashire welcome.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37So, over to you, Javone.

0:04:37 > 0:04:38Hi.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41How are you? Are we good?

0:04:41 > 0:04:43- STUDENTS:- Yeah.- Yeah!

0:04:43 > 0:04:45Can everyone stand up for a second? Everyone stand up.

0:04:47 > 0:04:51He's hoping his own rocky relationship with literature might just help him

0:04:51 > 0:04:53relate to the teenagers.

0:04:55 > 0:04:58Sit down if you've read a book this week.

0:05:00 > 0:05:04Sit down if you've read a book in the last two weeks.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08Three months. Eight months?

0:05:09 > 0:05:11Nine. A year.

0:05:12 > 0:05:13Two years.

0:05:15 > 0:05:17OK, the ones left standing...

0:05:17 > 0:05:20I would love it if you lot could give me a chance...

0:05:21 > 0:05:22..to try...

0:05:23 > 0:05:26..and inspire you to love reading like I love reading.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31Everybody's staring at you. You're just proper, like...

0:05:31 > 0:05:34You want to sit back down and just say, "Oh, I've read a book last week."

0:05:34 > 0:05:37But you haven't, so I didn't lie about it.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40I've chosen a book that I love, that I am confident

0:05:40 > 0:05:44that you will love and have the same passion as I do.

0:05:45 > 0:05:48When he started introducing the book, I was like,

0:05:48 > 0:05:50"Oh, God, we're going to have to read."

0:05:50 > 0:05:53It's called One. It's about acceptance,

0:05:53 > 0:05:55you know, about identity.

0:05:55 > 0:05:58He seems like a nice guy. I think I could connect with him.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01But at the moment, I don't think he's going to persuade me very well.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04I don't think he's going to make me read, no.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06You lot still don't look convinced.

0:06:06 > 0:06:07But it's fine.

0:06:13 > 0:06:14So let's do it.

0:06:17 > 0:06:19Javone's challenge is simple -

0:06:19 > 0:06:24his new class must read an award-winning novel by Sarah Crossan.

0:06:24 > 0:06:29One is a gripping tale about teenage conjoined twins Grace and Tippi.

0:06:32 > 0:06:36This book's amazing. It's from the perspective of Grace.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38And she's telling... You know,

0:06:38 > 0:06:41she's letting you know what it's like to be a conjoined twin

0:06:41 > 0:06:44and what they have to go through. And they start being home-school.

0:06:44 > 0:06:47They can't afford it - Dad's lost a job,

0:06:47 > 0:06:48Mum's got to take on a bit more work.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51So they've decided to go to the local school,

0:06:51 > 0:06:54and they know they'll get looked at or they're being...

0:06:54 > 0:06:55They're different.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57Hopefully this will open up their minds,

0:06:57 > 0:07:02cos this is a book you can pick up and just get lost in,

0:07:02 > 0:07:04without it being work.

0:07:04 > 0:07:08If I can fall in love with this character, I'm sure they will.

0:07:11 > 0:07:12Let's see how it goes.

0:07:12 > 0:07:14If it's weird, I probably wouldn't read it.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17It makes you think, but it's not necessarily like I went,

0:07:17 > 0:07:19"Oh, yes, I'll start reading today because...

0:07:20 > 0:07:23"..a guy came into my assembly telling me I should," you know?

0:07:25 > 0:07:29I'm not a reader. And no famous actor

0:07:29 > 0:07:30is ever going to get me to read.

0:07:33 > 0:07:35And the pupils of Ripley are not alone.

0:07:37 > 0:07:38Reading has fallen out of fashion

0:07:38 > 0:07:40with youngsters all over the country.

0:07:42 > 0:07:44In one recent year,

0:07:44 > 0:07:48the number of 11 to 17-year-olds who don't read at all more than doubled

0:07:48 > 0:07:51from 13 to 27%.

0:07:59 > 0:08:05It's the next morning, and Javone's arrived to take his first-ever lesson.

0:08:05 > 0:08:09He has only three weeks to convince the school's least enthusiastic

0:08:09 > 0:08:11readers that they're missing out.

0:08:13 > 0:08:16First, he's meeting Ripley's head of English.

0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Hello. I'm Javone.- Hi, I'm Rebecca. I'm head of English.

0:08:19 > 0:08:21So have you got any tips for me?

0:08:21 > 0:08:24Cos I've never taken a class before.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26You'll need a lot of luck. No...

0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Are they scary? Are they scary? - No, they're not.

0:08:29 > 0:08:30But they are teenagers.

0:08:30 > 0:08:32Do you want me to show you where the classroom is?

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Please take me to the classroom.

0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'm really scared. I'm really scared.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40This school... We can't deny

0:08:40 > 0:08:43that this school is doing really well academically.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46It does feel great on results day when you know you've got the child from A to B

0:08:46 > 0:08:48and they can go on to the next destination.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51But the whole point for me is actually making them want to,

0:08:51 > 0:08:54when they leave school, pick up a book.

0:08:54 > 0:08:55Thank you.

0:08:55 > 0:09:00- This is the classroom you'll be using.- Ah. OK. Cool.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03'I think the idea he thinks he's going to get all those students'

0:09:03 > 0:09:06loving reading the same way he feels about it

0:09:06 > 0:09:08is questionable at this stage.

0:09:08 > 0:09:12I think he needs to be aware that not everybody feels the way he feels about reading.

0:09:17 > 0:09:21Javone is starting to appreciate the difficulties ahead.

0:09:23 > 0:09:26He's not convinced anyone will turn up.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29Literally, there is no-one.

0:09:29 > 0:09:31There is no-one outside.

0:09:31 > 0:09:36They're not obliged to come to this lesson. Er...

0:09:36 > 0:09:41But I thought I convinced them enough to come to this lesson,

0:09:41 > 0:09:45to want to read, to want to pick a book, to read for pleasure,

0:09:45 > 0:09:46not just part of the curriculum.

0:09:46 > 0:09:49Not just because the Government says you have to,

0:09:49 > 0:09:53but just to, sort of, you know, expand your mind.

0:09:53 > 0:09:56So...we'll see.

0:10:00 > 0:10:01Please, come in, come in.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04Yes. Come and take a seat, please.

0:10:04 > 0:10:07- What's your names?- Olivia.- Olivia. - Emily.- Emily.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Alex.- Alex.

0:10:09 > 0:10:10- Hi.- Hello.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Hi, Charlie.- Hi.- I'm Javone.

0:10:12 > 0:10:14Sit next to Leon.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Alex.- Alex.

0:10:16 > 0:10:20Hello. I met you, Oscar, from yesterday, from assembly.

0:10:20 > 0:10:23- And you were...?- Header.- Header. - Like a football.

0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Like a...- Football.

0:10:25 > 0:10:26- Header!- Yeah.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28THEY CHUCKLE

0:10:28 > 0:10:30We're all here, so we're going to be a team

0:10:30 > 0:10:33for the next couple of weeks.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35So, you've had the book for 24 hours.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37How much have you read of the book?

0:10:37 > 0:10:39I read the first two pages.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41And why didn't you read on?

0:10:41 > 0:10:42I got distracted, I think.

0:10:42 > 0:10:46- What was you doing? What distracted you?- Er...

0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Facebook, I think.- OK.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Hi.- Hi.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53- I'm Megan. I just read the blurb. - You just read the...

0:10:53 > 0:10:55Yeah, the back of it.

0:10:55 > 0:10:58So you didn't read any of the book at all?

0:10:58 > 0:10:59No, cos I didn't have time.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02What did you do last night that was important, that you didn't read the book?

0:11:02 > 0:11:04I just kind of watched Netflix.

0:11:04 > 0:11:06OK. So, did you read the book?

0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Er, I read a bit of it.- Yes!

0:11:09 > 0:11:12OK, so what is the name of the sister?

0:11:12 > 0:11:14I can't remember.

0:11:14 > 0:11:15What was the name of the brother?

0:11:15 > 0:11:18- I forgot.- They didn't have a brother.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20They didn't have a brother.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Did you read the book?- No.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24- No, I didn't.- Did you read any of the pages, Olivia?

0:11:24 > 0:11:26No, I didn't get a chance.

0:11:26 > 0:11:28I read the first few pages of the book.

0:11:28 > 0:11:30- No.- Did you read the book?

0:11:30 > 0:11:32- No.- What did you do last night?

0:11:32 > 0:11:35- I was at t'gym.- No, I didn't.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Not at all?- No.

0:11:37 > 0:11:38And you haven't read anything?

0:11:40 > 0:11:42This is sad...

0:11:42 > 0:11:44that only a few of you read the book.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49Most youngsters today prefer screens to books.

0:11:51 > 0:11:53But researchers have shown that teenagers who spend

0:11:53 > 0:11:56just an hour a day playing on their screens

0:11:56 > 0:11:59can drop the equivalent of two GCSEs.

0:12:04 > 0:12:07And it's not just technology that's distracting them.

0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Tell me your name.- My name's Alex.

0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Hi, Alex.- All right. - Tell us about yourself.

0:12:13 > 0:12:15I milk cows.

0:12:15 > 0:12:16Do you?

0:12:16 > 0:12:17Do you milk cows?

0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Oh, wow!- And I read the first page of the book.

0:12:20 > 0:12:21And you read the first page of the book.

0:12:21 > 0:12:25- That's good, that's good. Just one page?- Yeah.

0:12:27 > 0:12:31Alex already knows what he wants to do when he leaves school -

0:12:31 > 0:12:33and it's got nothing to do with books.

0:12:35 > 0:12:37Don't get me wrong - I like school.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39But if a lesson's dragging on a bit,

0:12:39 > 0:12:42I get distracted and I start thinking, "Oh...

0:12:43 > 0:12:47"I wonder if we're mowing grass today for silage," or...

0:12:47 > 0:12:49I just sit there. You know.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53If I've put a cow out into the paddock that's going to calf,

0:12:53 > 0:12:55"I wonder if that cow's calved."

0:12:55 > 0:12:58"I wonder if it's had another little heifer."

0:12:58 > 0:13:01All these things just run through my mind.

0:13:01 > 0:13:03I suppose it's because I love this farm,

0:13:03 > 0:13:05and it's always going through my mind.

0:13:07 > 0:13:10But you can't read a book and learn how to be a good farmer -

0:13:10 > 0:13:11it comes to you.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14I mean, there's things books can't tell you.

0:13:14 > 0:13:18And that definite... You know, a book can't describe

0:13:18 > 0:13:20what farming's actually like.

0:13:20 > 0:13:21No, it can't.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25And did you read the book?

0:13:25 > 0:13:29Well, yesterday, I read to page... five.

0:13:30 > 0:13:32- And then?- I went to bed.

0:13:32 > 0:13:36And then you went to bed. Did you visualise anything in the book?

0:13:36 > 0:13:37No.

0:13:37 > 0:13:38Not really.

0:13:39 > 0:13:43Like Alex, Charlie doesn't think that books are relevant to his life.

0:13:46 > 0:13:47I would never think of reading.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51It's never really anything I'd ever want to do.

0:13:51 > 0:13:57I find it really boring and I never imagine anything.

0:13:57 > 0:14:01Whereas in other film... Things like films and...

0:14:01 > 0:14:03TV shows and that, it's pretty much given for you -

0:14:03 > 0:14:05you just have to watch it.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09Charlie's mum wishes he would change his mind.

0:14:11 > 0:14:13It was a battle I just chose not to have.

0:14:15 > 0:14:20But I could have done, being somebody who can think of nothing better than reading a book.

0:14:22 > 0:14:25I do think he's missing a massive part of his life,

0:14:25 > 0:14:27so I think I'm disappointed for him.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29He would very quickly improve his spelling,

0:14:29 > 0:14:32his vocabulary would have a wider range, he'd have longer sentences -

0:14:32 > 0:14:34all the things I can see he's probably missing.

0:14:35 > 0:14:38I always say, "You're never bored if you've got a book."

0:14:38 > 0:14:41And you never are bored, are you, in life, if you've got a book?

0:14:43 > 0:14:47Parents play an important role in helping their kids love literature.

0:14:48 > 0:14:52Children at primary school who are read to each night by their parents

0:14:52 > 0:14:54tend to be the biggest readers as adults.

0:15:03 > 0:15:09Javone thinks reading out loud could be the secret to getting the class hooked on his chosen book, One.

0:15:10 > 0:15:11So...

0:15:13 > 0:15:15We're going to read some of the book together.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18Together, we're going to read, we're going to listen

0:15:18 > 0:15:20and we're going to say what we think. Yeah?

0:15:20 > 0:15:22As a child, Javone didn't read,

0:15:22 > 0:15:26but he loved being read to by his sister.

0:15:26 > 0:15:27My sister would read beautifully.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30She would actually read and you would get lost

0:15:30 > 0:15:32in the world of what it is.

0:15:32 > 0:15:35She was a great reader - she would make you imagine these things,

0:15:35 > 0:15:36or creating this world.

0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Would you like to read a little bit? - Go on.- Yeah?

0:15:40 > 0:15:43" 'We're out of milk,' Grammie says.

0:15:43 > 0:15:47" 'Well, go and get some,' Tippi says.

0:15:47 > 0:15:50" 'You know I have a problem with my hip,' she says,

0:15:50 > 0:15:51"and I laugh out loud.

0:15:52 > 0:15:55"Grammie is the only person on the planet

0:15:55 > 0:15:58"who ever pulls the disability card on us."

0:15:58 > 0:16:00That was fantastic.

0:16:00 > 0:16:02What did you feel?

0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Are they speaking about them as two different people?- Yeah.- Yeah.

0:16:05 > 0:16:09See, that's what... But you imagined it. So that's what you created -

0:16:09 > 0:16:11that was the power of your reading, what you did.

0:16:11 > 0:16:12OK, Olivia.

0:16:12 > 0:16:15- What?- Would you mind reading page 40?

0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Just a little bit.- No.- Please.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19I don't want to read. Just that little tiny little bit.

0:16:19 > 0:16:20Go on. Doesn't matter.

0:16:20 > 0:16:24"I never usually rush her, but we can't be late.

0:16:24 > 0:16:26"Not on our first day of school.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29"So I quietly cleared my throat, hoping..."

0:16:30 > 0:16:35"HOPPING it will stir her from her daydreams.

0:16:35 > 0:16:40"It's...what happens when you're bound like we are

0:16:40 > 0:16:45"by a body too stub-BORN

0:16:45 > 0:16:49"to peel itself apart at conception."

0:16:49 > 0:16:53Sick! Sick! What was you thinking about when you was reading the book?

0:16:53 > 0:16:56Was you thinking about the words, was you thinking about the picture,

0:16:56 > 0:17:00- the imagery?- I was more concentrating on what the words were, like, on the page,

0:17:00 > 0:17:03- rather than trying to picture it in my head.- Thinking about...

0:17:03 > 0:17:05I find it quite hard to read.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09Olivia finds reading difficult.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's a problem that Javone knows only too well.

0:17:14 > 0:17:16She really struggled with that.

0:17:16 > 0:17:17She really struggled.

0:17:19 > 0:17:22I felt bad for her cos I could feel her stressing and getting hot and

0:17:22 > 0:17:26just, sort of, like... Cos she looked like she was fine.

0:17:26 > 0:17:29But I know she was crumbling inside,

0:17:29 > 0:17:32really badly. Cos I've been there

0:17:32 > 0:17:33and I know what it's like.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38Like Javone, Olivia has dyslexia.

0:17:38 > 0:17:42It's a reading disorder which slows down the connections in the brain

0:17:42 > 0:17:44between letters and sounds.

0:17:44 > 0:17:50It's not rare, and one in ten suffer from dyslexia in the UK.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56I just can't deal with it.

0:17:56 > 0:17:59They start staring. It's just the fact that...

0:17:59 > 0:18:01And I hate school - that's why I don't try in class,

0:18:01 > 0:18:04because if I ask a silly question, they'll go,

0:18:04 > 0:18:06"Why have you just asked that?" and all that.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'm so scared about my GCSEs,

0:18:08 > 0:18:11because I feel like I'm never going to get anywhere in life.

0:18:11 > 0:18:12You will, you will.

0:18:12 > 0:18:17Cos I feel like if I come out and I've not done very well

0:18:17 > 0:18:20and I put everything into it, then that's the end.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22It's not, man. It's not.

0:18:22 > 0:18:28You can't beat yourself up when your mind does...shut down.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30You can't blame yourself. All you've got to remember is,

0:18:30 > 0:18:34"You know what? I do know this, I just need a couple of minutes."

0:18:34 > 0:18:36Take a couple of minutes and then start again.

0:18:37 > 0:18:42Is it easy to go to your parents and kind of confide in them and sort of

0:18:42 > 0:18:46say, you know, "I need help, Mum, Dad?"

0:18:46 > 0:18:48Mum, so easy.

0:18:48 > 0:18:52- What about your dad?- No, he makes me feel a bit stupid.

0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Why is that?- Because he found school really easy,

0:18:56 > 0:18:58and I don't find school easy.

0:18:58 > 0:18:59So you never read to him?

0:18:59 > 0:19:01No. I feel like I have to live up to something,

0:19:01 > 0:19:04cos he does so well in life.

0:19:04 > 0:19:07And I know I'll never get there.

0:19:07 > 0:19:10So I'm always trying to, you know, impress them, little things.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Of course.- Like grades or something.

0:19:16 > 0:19:20It is really hard for other people to understand, who are not dyslexic,

0:19:20 > 0:19:24or who find it really easy to just sort of, "Right, I can read that,

0:19:24 > 0:19:25"that information's there."

0:19:25 > 0:19:27They look at you like, "Why can't you do it?"

0:19:27 > 0:19:29And it's sort of convincing her that

0:19:29 > 0:19:32you're not that different from everyone else -

0:19:32 > 0:19:35it's just that your brain works in a different way.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38That's all it is. Your brain works in a different way.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40And it's getting her to celebrate that,

0:19:40 > 0:19:43rather than punishing herself for that.

0:19:47 > 0:19:50There's another pupil who Javone identifies with -

0:19:50 > 0:19:52Charlie, an aspiring actor.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night,

0:20:00 > 0:20:03but this fellow said you'd make it worth my while.

0:20:04 > 0:20:08Charlie's story reminds Javone of his own journey to books.

0:20:08 > 0:20:12When he was at drama college, he was introduced to Shakespeare.

0:20:12 > 0:20:17From there my love of reading began because in our first year, we did Romeo And Juliet.

0:20:17 > 0:20:20These two people are in love but their families are at bitter war,

0:20:20 > 0:20:23no matter what, ready to kill each other, death.

0:20:23 > 0:20:27But they're in love. And I was like, "Wow, how has he'd done this?"

0:20:27 > 0:20:29And that's when

0:20:29 > 0:20:30the love of reading came.

0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Charlie!- Hello.- Hello.

0:20:33 > 0:20:34You going to put your stuff on there?

0:20:34 > 0:20:38Javone wants to use drama to hook Charlie into reading.

0:20:39 > 0:20:40So you want to be an actor?

0:20:40 > 0:20:45- I do, yeah.- And one big thing about being an actor is reading -

0:20:45 > 0:20:48learning scripts. You know, characters.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51Because if you want to be an actor, that's the whole point.

0:20:51 > 0:20:54You can't be an actor and not read anything.

0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Where's your Swiss Army knife? You lost it?- In my pocket.

0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Where?- Here.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00- I'm worried about you.- You're lying.

0:21:00 > 0:21:02You killed Wellington.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04Hey.

0:21:04 > 0:21:08Now, for someone who hates reading, you read pretty well.

0:21:08 > 0:21:11So what is it about books that you don't like, then?

0:21:11 > 0:21:14As an actor, yeah. I only really need to read the script and once I've learned my lines,

0:21:14 > 0:21:17- I can put the book down and I don't have to look at it.- Yeah, OK.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19What is it about it that you just find...?

0:21:19 > 0:21:21- I just don't like it.- Really? You just...

0:21:23 > 0:21:26I'm just the opposite, pretty much, of people who do like reading.

0:21:26 > 0:21:30As an actor, you have to use your imagination so much.

0:21:30 > 0:21:33I don't understand the point in it at all.

0:21:33 > 0:21:34You read a book, yeah...

0:21:34 > 0:21:38Yeah, great, you've learnt something about something that's not real.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40BELL RINGS

0:21:42 > 0:21:46I just want him to realise it now before it's too late -

0:21:46 > 0:21:47before he throws...

0:21:48 > 0:21:51..his dream of maybe being an actor away.

0:21:52 > 0:21:56Because being an actor is not easy and there's, like,

0:21:56 > 0:22:01a thousand actors who look like him, who sound like him, who probably put more work...

0:22:04 > 0:22:07..into it and he will lose out.

0:22:07 > 0:22:09I think that's a bad attitude to have, cos I would never...

0:22:09 > 0:22:12I wouldn't jeopardise this for nothing, for no-one.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21Javone has been at Ripley St Thomas for a week now

0:22:21 > 0:22:25and he's still struggling to get his class to engage with One.

0:22:27 > 0:22:31So far, all of his 15 pupils have read just a few pages.

0:22:33 > 0:22:37Javone is a great guy - I have to give him kudos for that -

0:22:37 > 0:22:40but he's not going to get me to read, in the end.

0:22:40 > 0:22:44I was engaged but I'm not really sure that it's encouraged me to read yet.

0:22:44 > 0:22:48He's like a teacher - he's forcing you to do it. I don't think that's what we're here for.

0:22:49 > 0:22:54I need a plan. I need another plan, cos I thought my plan was working

0:22:54 > 0:22:56but I need another plan. So I need to think about that.

0:22:58 > 0:23:02Javone fears he'll never get through to the class on his own...

0:23:03 > 0:23:07..so he's calling in some backup -

0:23:07 > 0:23:11children's author and former Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton.

0:23:12 > 0:23:16He's hoping her years of working with young people could give him some ideas.

0:23:17 > 0:23:21I may be naive but I actually don't think it's going to be difficult.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23I think once you start reading,

0:23:23 > 0:23:26once you find a book that captures your imagination

0:23:26 > 0:23:29and whets your appetite for reading other books,

0:23:29 > 0:23:33you're really opening up a whole new part of your life.

0:23:33 > 0:23:37For me, reading kind of excites your heart and your soul.

0:23:37 > 0:23:41I feel like this could be a journey for these kids and I think it would

0:23:41 > 0:23:42be really nice to be on that journey

0:23:42 > 0:23:45and kind of help open some doors for them.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Helen!- Here he is!

0:23:52 > 0:23:53What's wrong?

0:23:54 > 0:23:56Thank you so much for coming down.

0:23:56 > 0:24:01- Right, what's happening?- OK, well, I've worked with many audiences,

0:24:01 > 0:24:05but 14-year-old kids ain't my thing.

0:24:05 > 0:24:07They just don't... They don't want to read.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Don't stress.- I AM stressing.

0:24:10 > 0:24:13- They've got you on the run, you know?- I know, I know.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15They smell the fear, OK?

0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Show no fear! - Don't let them scare you.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Hi.- Oh, hi!

0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Hello.- Hiya.

0:24:24 > 0:24:25Hiya.

0:24:25 > 0:24:29I have come along because my good friend here tells me that he's

0:24:29 > 0:24:34asked you to read a book and he suspects you're not really into it.

0:24:34 > 0:24:35He could be on to something there.

0:24:35 > 0:24:37THEY CHUCKLE

0:24:37 > 0:24:41Would it be fair to say that some of you are struggling with the book

0:24:41 > 0:24:45because you've got no idea what it'd be like to be a conjoined twin?

0:24:45 > 0:24:47I never thought about it.

0:24:47 > 0:24:48- Right.- It's never gone through my mind.

0:24:48 > 0:24:52- But we've got the other surprise for you today, haven't we?- Yeah.

0:24:52 > 0:24:54STUDENTS GROAN

0:24:54 > 0:24:58Helen is about to bring the book to life in a most unexpected way.

0:25:01 > 0:25:04- OK, go, go, go.- OK.

0:25:04 > 0:25:08So, first up, Emily.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10Emily and Olivia.

0:25:10 > 0:25:13Dominic and Alex.

0:25:13 > 0:25:16Charlie is with Ike.

0:25:16 > 0:25:17Oh, God!

0:25:17 > 0:25:21'The kids are not getting the book but I think Helen has got a really smart idea here,'

0:25:21 > 0:25:25where she can make the book come to life. I think that what we need.

0:25:25 > 0:25:28Helen's idea is to split the class into pairs,

0:25:28 > 0:25:33bind them together and send them out into the world as conjoined twins.

0:25:34 > 0:25:35Megan...

0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Lois.- Pardon?

0:25:39 > 0:25:41- You can't have that. - Is that everyone?

0:25:42 > 0:25:43Those are your pairs.

0:25:45 > 0:25:47You cannot change.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50What if you had a fight with your twin, a bit of a scrap?

0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Twins.- STUDENT:- It was quite a good fight, to be honest.

0:25:53 > 0:25:55We are not going to be fighting.

0:25:56 > 0:26:01For two of the class, the idea of being joined at the hip doesn't appeal.

0:26:01 > 0:26:04Megan and Lois aren't exactly the best of friends.

0:26:05 > 0:26:08So the plan is for you two to be a conjoined twin.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11How do you feel about that?

0:26:11 > 0:26:12- Are you two friends?- No.

0:26:12 > 0:26:14What happened? We had a fight.

0:26:14 > 0:26:18- A proper fight.- I'm sorry that I pulled your names out of the hat,

0:26:18 > 0:26:21but we're going to have to do this task.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24And I'm pretty sure there are days that the twins hate each other

0:26:24 > 0:26:26but they cannot get away from each other.

0:26:26 > 0:26:31Exactly. This task is about understanding what these two twins went through

0:26:31 > 0:26:35and being a team and working together, being one.

0:26:35 > 0:26:37So you lot are going to be in this.

0:26:38 > 0:26:42We appreciate it's difficult to empathise with the characters in the book

0:26:42 > 0:26:45but hopefully these can give you an idea of what it's like to be

0:26:45 > 0:26:46literally tied to someone.

0:26:48 > 0:26:52Reading is one of the best ways to strengthen our empathy.

0:26:52 > 0:26:56American psychologists report that reading literary fiction helps us

0:26:56 > 0:27:01recognise other people's emotions and understand how they feel.

0:27:02 > 0:27:04And that sleeve. There you go.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Right.- Go on, put your leg in.

0:27:10 > 0:27:12You're in.

0:27:12 > 0:27:13I'm just a bit uncomfortable.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16The last time I touched Megan, I was on the floor.

0:27:20 > 0:27:21It was really hard.

0:27:21 > 0:27:25Like, the Year Sevens and Eights, who wouldn't really look at you - they would be scared of you -

0:27:25 > 0:27:29were actually laughing and looking at you, like as if we're monsters.

0:27:37 > 0:27:41It's very embarrassing but I guess that's how they feel so, in a way,

0:27:41 > 0:27:44it's good cos you can visualise how they're feeling.

0:27:44 > 0:27:45Next leg.

0:27:47 > 0:27:51The most things I've had to overcome is maybe the odd thing at school but

0:27:51 > 0:27:54I've never had to overcome being joined to my sister or my brother.

0:27:54 > 0:27:58It's...sort of my worst nightmare.

0:27:58 > 0:28:03- I'm going to go in. You go that way, I'll go this way.- Yeah, yeah.

0:28:04 > 0:28:05Budge up.

0:28:08 > 0:28:09Right, pour some more Coke in.

0:28:09 > 0:28:12- You hold it.- Oh, teamwork.

0:28:12 > 0:28:17I'm not like everyone else and not a lot of people look like me

0:28:17 > 0:28:20and because I'm from different ethnicity as well,

0:28:20 > 0:28:22so it's kind of hard to fit in and so I guess the twins

0:28:22 > 0:28:27I can relate to a bit, being the odd ones out in society, I guess.

0:28:30 > 0:28:32There you go. It's good.

0:28:35 > 0:28:37INDISTINCT CHATTER

0:28:39 > 0:28:44Because they are conjoined, the twins in the book need to compromise on everything -

0:28:44 > 0:28:47something Lois and Megan are having to learn, too.

0:28:49 > 0:28:51So you're doing this task -

0:28:51 > 0:28:55do you feel like you're getting in the world of these two...

0:28:55 > 0:28:58The characters in the book?

0:28:58 > 0:29:01Yeah. When Tippi and Grace would fall out, it's kind of...

0:29:01 > 0:29:05You can't fall out for longer than, like, a short time...

0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Because you're joined. - You're just going... Yeah, you've got to get on with it.

0:29:08 > 0:29:09It helps you face things.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12Would you say that you need each other?

0:29:12 > 0:29:13In this situation, yeah.

0:29:14 > 0:29:20Yes. It feels nice to be, like, with, like, a team. Like...

0:29:20 > 0:29:23A partner, like, to help you out.

0:29:23 > 0:29:25It's really interesting to try and, like,

0:29:25 > 0:29:29understand from their point of view because as soon as I saw the book,

0:29:29 > 0:29:31I was like, "How would this work?

0:29:31 > 0:29:33"There's two of them and they're together."

0:29:33 > 0:29:37It's, like, different than twins because you're actually like one person.

0:29:37 > 0:29:39Like, you're together but you're separate.

0:29:39 > 0:29:42I think the reason they were so close and why I felt that closeness

0:29:42 > 0:29:46with Megan was because you're literally touching and it's weird -

0:29:46 > 0:29:48you just feel more similar when you're that close to someone.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50It's really odd.

0:29:50 > 0:29:54I think that this exercise has probably raised a lot of

0:29:54 > 0:29:58- questions for them. Hopefully a bit of intrigue, which will make them read.- I hope so.

0:29:58 > 0:30:01Fingers crossed, when I see them again they'll have read a bit more

0:30:01 > 0:30:03and then we can kind of actually discuss the book.

0:30:11 > 0:30:14THEY EXCHANGE GREETINGS

0:30:14 > 0:30:18Javone is halfway through the three-week experiment -

0:30:18 > 0:30:22and he's hoping his class will be halfway through the book.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25Is this everyone?

0:30:25 > 0:30:28- What did you read?- To 80-odd.

0:30:28 > 0:30:29And then I...

0:30:29 > 0:30:33And then I skipped to the part where the big thing happens.

0:30:33 > 0:30:34Why did you skip?

0:30:35 > 0:30:37Cos I just wanted to know what happened.

0:30:37 > 0:30:40Do you not think some people might really not enjoy reading?

0:30:40 > 0:30:42Do you know what you want to do?

0:30:42 > 0:30:44Dancing, performing.

0:30:44 > 0:30:46So any, sort of, books about...

0:30:46 > 0:30:49Biographies about actors or anything like that? No?

0:30:49 > 0:30:52I'm not into it like that, I'm not into knowing about...

0:30:52 > 0:30:54- What people do.- Yeah, I don't care.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56OK. That's cool. You don't care.

0:30:56 > 0:30:59- No.- So you don't reckon that you will have to read up about that

0:30:59 > 0:31:02to know anything about that, or it'll just come to you?

0:31:02 > 0:31:04I can google it.

0:31:04 > 0:31:06STUDENTS CHUCKLE

0:31:06 > 0:31:10That's... I've got nothing, I've got nothing.

0:31:10 > 0:31:11It seems like you haven't got time,

0:31:11 > 0:31:14you just need a quick fix for something and it's...

0:31:14 > 0:31:17- What about you?- Er...

0:31:17 > 0:31:19It's just effort to pick up a book and sit there and read when you've

0:31:19 > 0:31:22- got other things to do. - Was you always like that?

0:31:22 > 0:31:25No. In primary, I used to read loads but I just stopped.

0:31:25 > 0:31:29So it's Year Seven - cool, everything was all right?

0:31:29 > 0:31:30- Yeah.- Year Eight...

0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Nah.- Nah. Just nah. Tell me about Year Eight.

0:31:33 > 0:31:34- What happened?- I don't know.

0:31:34 > 0:31:37You just grow up and you're like... You don't want to read any more.

0:31:41 > 0:31:42- How was your day?- It was all right.

0:31:43 > 0:31:48- Would you like summat to eat?- Er, no, I'm not really hungry.- OK.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now she's 15, Emily is much happier

0:31:51 > 0:31:54glued to a screen than reading a book.

0:31:54 > 0:31:58When Emily was little, the first thing she did was pick up a book.

0:31:58 > 0:32:01She was great. You know, obviously, as kids grow up, I suppose, they...

0:32:04 > 0:32:07There's more exciting things, maybe,

0:32:07 > 0:32:09than actually a book.

0:32:09 > 0:32:11Social media, friends...

0:32:11 > 0:32:14She has a lot of sporting activities that she does.

0:32:15 > 0:32:18Distractions such as TV,

0:32:18 > 0:32:19just the internet in general.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21If she had nothing else to do, she would be on it,

0:32:21 > 0:32:25Snapchatting to her friends or whatever else they do. Facebook.

0:32:25 > 0:32:26Hours, definitely.

0:32:30 > 0:32:34Like Emily, most schoolchildren are addicted to their phones.

0:32:36 > 0:32:39It's their favourite way to access the internet.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44Today's teenagers spend nearly four hours a day online -

0:32:44 > 0:32:46double the time of ten years ago.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49Better things to do than read.

0:32:49 > 0:32:50Books or phone.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52I can either read or just watch YouTube, you know?

0:32:52 > 0:32:53I'm going to choose phone.

0:32:53 > 0:32:57They are dedicated to their passions, what they love, and reading's not one of them.

0:32:57 > 0:33:00Reading is not one of them.

0:33:00 > 0:33:03I just don't think I have the attention span to get into the book

0:33:03 > 0:33:05enough to actually understand the character

0:33:05 > 0:33:07and therefore put myself in their shoes.

0:33:07 > 0:33:10Maybe authors have to get them right at the first page.

0:33:10 > 0:33:12You have to kind of... You know,

0:33:12 > 0:33:16as a writer you want to start at the beginning and get people lost...

0:33:16 > 0:33:19Get people familiar with the world that you're in.

0:33:19 > 0:33:21But they want to be, like, "Give it to me now."

0:33:21 > 0:33:24We're probably of a generation that is that, now.

0:33:24 > 0:33:26Facebook, now. Netflix, now.

0:33:26 > 0:33:29Don't give me the beginning - get me straight in, get me hooked.

0:33:33 > 0:33:38Can old-fashioned words on a page ever compete with new technology?

0:33:39 > 0:33:43Helen wants to find out from head of English Rebecca.

0:33:43 > 0:33:46There are loads and loads of very popular books that are read

0:33:46 > 0:33:48and authors that are read by young children.

0:33:48 > 0:33:51What happens at 12, 13, 14? What changes?

0:33:51 > 0:33:53Well, if you think about your primary schoolchildren,

0:33:53 > 0:33:57parents put them to bed and they have a little read with them when they go to sleep,

0:33:57 > 0:33:59they get books as treats and things like that.

0:33:59 > 0:34:02Whereas when they become older, they start being a little bit more independent,

0:34:02 > 0:34:07so suddenly they get the iPads and the other bits of distractions.

0:34:07 > 0:34:08How much do you think they would...

0:34:08 > 0:34:11I mean, you know these kids - how much would they get out of reading?

0:34:11 > 0:34:14I think they'd get a lot out of reading if they found the right texts.

0:34:14 > 0:34:17But we've got 271 students in our current Year 11,

0:34:17 > 0:34:21so therefore it's being able to tap into each of their interests

0:34:21 > 0:34:24and being able to show them, actually, it's a bit like watching television -

0:34:24 > 0:34:27you watch one programme, you don't like it, try something else.

0:34:27 > 0:34:30But it's just not as cool as watching the box sets

0:34:30 > 0:34:33that are out there and that's the bit of convincing that I'm trying to do.

0:34:40 > 0:34:46Helen's chat with Rebecca has given her ideas about how to inspire some of the non-readers.

0:34:49 > 0:34:52I don't think it's the right approach to go for one book for the whole class,

0:34:52 > 0:34:55because I think young people are all different -

0:34:55 > 0:34:57they have different interests, different needs,

0:34:57 > 0:35:00different wants, different skills -

0:35:00 > 0:35:03and I think that's what we need to recognise and address.

0:35:07 > 0:35:11She wants to try her new tactic out on budding farmer Alex.

0:35:11 > 0:35:15But first, she needs to know what makes him tick.

0:35:17 > 0:35:21Alex. Nice to see you. You look like you've got your hands full.

0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Whoa! They're feisty, aren't they? - Yeah.

0:35:25 > 0:35:29So, how clear are you in your mind about what you want to do

0:35:29 > 0:35:32- when you leave school? - In an ideal world,

0:35:32 > 0:35:35I'd go straight to being probably a dairy herdsman.

0:35:35 > 0:35:38That is music to my ears. I love cows. I grew up on a dairy farm.

0:35:38 > 0:35:40There's nothing better than 'em, is there?

0:35:40 > 0:35:44They're a lot easier than people. They give me less trouble.

0:35:44 > 0:35:47You don't have to go through all these mixed emotions you get off people and girls -

0:35:47 > 0:35:51it's just straightforward with cows.

0:35:51 > 0:35:54But do you not feel like you're missing out on a bit of a social life?

0:35:54 > 0:35:57Not really, because it doesn't really take my fancy, going out.

0:35:57 > 0:36:01I'm not going to any parties - I've got to get up in the morning and milk the cows.

0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Girlfriend?- There is one girl I took tanking.

0:36:04 > 0:36:07- You took what?- I took her slurry spreading.

0:36:07 > 0:36:08She's been milking a few times.

0:36:08 > 0:36:11- She liked milking.- She came back after the slurry spreading?

0:36:11 > 0:36:14Oh, yeah. I didn't take her slurry spreading first. I thought,

0:36:14 > 0:36:17- "Best leave that for later."- Yeah. Is there going to be another date?

0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Probably not.- Trust me -

0:36:19 > 0:36:23you will learn some lessons from certain books.

0:36:23 > 0:36:27Would you be willing to start reading a book that I recommend?

0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Go on, then.- Deal?

0:36:29 > 0:36:30Yeah. We shaking on that?

0:36:37 > 0:36:40While Helen is making progress with Alex,

0:36:40 > 0:36:44Javone is still struggling with aspiring actor Charlie.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50I can find a million things better to do than actually just sit and read.

0:36:51 > 0:36:56Like, I don't understand how people do it or why people do it.

0:36:56 > 0:36:58What would make you want to write a book...

0:36:59 > 0:37:03..about something that most people don't understand or know anything about?

0:37:08 > 0:37:12Javone is looking for help from Rebecca, head of English.

0:37:12 > 0:37:15I've sort of, like, hit a brick wall with Charlie.

0:37:15 > 0:37:18I feel like I failed him because Charlie wants to become an actor.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21I'm an actor and I thought, "You know what?

0:37:21 > 0:37:23"He'll be, like, the easiest one."

0:37:23 > 0:37:25But I haven't got through to him.

0:37:25 > 0:37:29He's going to walk away from this having learned nothing or having

0:37:29 > 0:37:31taken away nothing from this experience,

0:37:31 > 0:37:33which makes me feel a little bit sad.

0:37:33 > 0:37:36It's really tough. I mean, I walk out of lessons every single day

0:37:36 > 0:37:38when I've thought, "I haven't engaged that student today.

0:37:38 > 0:37:41"What have I not done, or what could I do differently?"

0:37:41 > 0:37:43What you've got to remember is, not every child is going to

0:37:43 > 0:37:47- click on to the same thing at the same time, because they're human beings.- All right.

0:37:47 > 0:37:51They're teenagers, with all different interests and all different things going on

0:37:51 > 0:37:54and external things going on in their lives as well.

0:37:54 > 0:37:56And for Charlie, actually, one day, hopefully,

0:37:56 > 0:37:59he might look back and think, "That was a really rewarding thing

0:37:59 > 0:38:02"and I didn't realise what I'd learnt at the time."

0:38:02 > 0:38:06- But you don't learn every lesson at the time that you're meant to, do you?- True, true.

0:38:09 > 0:38:14Next morning, Helen thinks she's found the ideal book for Alex,

0:38:14 > 0:38:17although it's got nothing to do with cows.

0:38:17 > 0:38:20It's called Eleanor And Park and is about two young lovers

0:38:20 > 0:38:23who don't quite fit in.

0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Alex?- Hello.

0:38:28 > 0:38:32So, I've brought you a book that I hope you might find interesting,

0:38:32 > 0:38:34I hope you might learn a few things from.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37This book is about love - young love.

0:38:37 > 0:38:38Right.

0:38:38 > 0:38:42In a school. He likes her, she likes him.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45- But there's more to it? - There's more to it.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Right.- So I think you might find it interesting,

0:38:47 > 0:38:49I think you might find some similarities,

0:38:49 > 0:38:52I think you might learn a few things from this.

0:38:52 > 0:38:54Put it in this one and then...

0:38:54 > 0:38:56You will be a single man...

0:38:56 > 0:38:58for not very much longer.

0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Single man with a plan.- Exactly.

0:39:09 > 0:39:12It's the end of week two and, at last, some of the class are

0:39:12 > 0:39:14getting into reading.

0:39:14 > 0:39:19They've all started One, and five are past halfway.

0:39:19 > 0:39:24I got quite connected to the characters when I actually sat down and just read it.

0:39:24 > 0:39:27And one pupil has even finished it.

0:39:29 > 0:39:32I've got to the end and I can say I have enjoyed it,

0:39:32 > 0:39:35which I was surprised at because I didn't think I would enjoy it.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37I felt proud of myself because I hadn't read for so long

0:39:37 > 0:39:40and I realised it is a really enjoyable thing to do.

0:39:42 > 0:39:48It's going to take more time for me to get convinced to read more and stuff.

0:39:48 > 0:39:52I don't read a lot and he said he didn't read a lot

0:39:52 > 0:39:56when he was my age, so, I mean, why not? Why not start now?

0:39:58 > 0:40:01But not all of them are relishing the read.

0:40:03 > 0:40:04I'm not really liking One.

0:40:04 > 0:40:06It's not my kind of book.

0:40:06 > 0:40:10The only reason I'm reading any of it is mostly because I'm being told,

0:40:10 > 0:40:12"You really should read it."

0:40:13 > 0:40:16If I wasn't being told that I should read it...

0:40:18 > 0:40:21..I would stay away from that book like the plague.

0:40:21 > 0:40:25And Olivia is still trying to overcome her dyslexia.

0:40:27 > 0:40:29I do wish I'd read it last night, cos I wanted to.

0:40:29 > 0:40:33I got home and I was like, "Yeah, I'm going to read that tonight just before I go to bed."

0:40:33 > 0:40:37- And then I can't do it.- Why?

0:40:37 > 0:40:41Because I'll read it, like, you know, simple words and then, like,

0:40:41 > 0:40:44a word I don't understand, like, that I can't read

0:40:44 > 0:40:47but if somebody read it out loud I could say it again and know it.

0:40:50 > 0:40:56Javone suspects the key to unlocking Olivia's fear of reading might lie at home.

0:40:59 > 0:41:05I'm off to Olivia's house because I want to meet her parents,

0:41:05 > 0:41:09but the reason why I'm going there is cos I'm really worried about...

0:41:09 > 0:41:12her, because dyslexia is really affecting her

0:41:12 > 0:41:17and it's not just affecting her academically - it's affecting her everyday life.

0:41:17 > 0:41:21So I just want to know what it's like for them and what their experience is.

0:41:21 > 0:41:25Olivia was only diagnosed as dyslexic less than a year ago.

0:41:28 > 0:41:29- Hi.- Hi, good afternoon.

0:41:29 > 0:41:33- Hi, I'm Javone.- Javone, nice to meet you. I'm Daniel, Olivia's dad.- Hi.

0:41:33 > 0:41:34Come in. This is my wife Karen.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Hi, Karen.- Pleased to meet you. - I'm Javone.

0:41:36 > 0:41:40So the reason why I've come to speak to you guys today is because

0:41:40 > 0:41:45I really empathise with Olivia because I was diagnosed with dyslexia really late,

0:41:45 > 0:41:48when I was about 19, and seeing her story and I'm like,

0:41:48 > 0:41:50"Do you know what? That was me. I was you."

0:41:50 > 0:41:54So I just wanted to know what it's like as parents

0:41:54 > 0:41:57and how you felt when Olivia was diagnosed.

0:41:57 > 0:42:01It was a very emotional time because when somebody actually sits you down

0:42:01 > 0:42:06and goes, "Right, your answer is there in black and white,"

0:42:06 > 0:42:08it's almost a happy moment.

0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Yeah.- You know, I'm not ashamed to say

0:42:11 > 0:42:15I nearly broke down because I actually felt guilty.

0:42:15 > 0:42:18And I think our relationship's got a lot better since then.

0:42:18 > 0:42:21Seeing that diagnosis actually gave her a massive boost because she

0:42:21 > 0:42:25understood why she was struggling at school.

0:42:25 > 0:42:27Speaking to her, she says she really...

0:42:27 > 0:42:29She really looks up to you.

0:42:29 > 0:42:33She says, "My dad - he just gets it."

0:42:33 > 0:42:35I've always been quite gifted in that area.

0:42:35 > 0:42:37I found it easy to pick things up.

0:42:37 > 0:42:41So I think another element of our relationship that has been very

0:42:41 > 0:42:42- strained...- Right.

0:42:42 > 0:42:47Very, very strained over the last 10, 12 years...

0:42:47 > 0:42:51I couldn't understand why she couldn't pick it up.

0:42:51 > 0:42:54"You're not trying. Come on, put the effort in.

0:42:54 > 0:42:58"You can do this." And you think... I think, as a parent, you think...

0:42:58 > 0:43:00if you try you can achieve it.

0:43:00 > 0:43:05- And, you know... - But have you ever told her yourself how that made you...?

0:43:07 > 0:43:09I don't think I ever told her how that made me feel,

0:43:09 > 0:43:11the emotion of finding out, because, to be honest,

0:43:11 > 0:43:13I wouldn't want to burden her with

0:43:13 > 0:43:15- the worry that I felt as a parent. - Course.

0:43:15 > 0:43:20I think the release was understanding why for all these years I'd seen

0:43:20 > 0:43:23her struggle and find it hard,

0:43:23 > 0:43:25and then understanding, actually, that that was OK

0:43:25 > 0:43:28and what she'd achieved was...

0:43:28 > 0:43:30- beyond expectation.- Yeah.

0:43:30 > 0:43:32Thank you so much for talking to me. I really...

0:43:32 > 0:43:35I really appreciate that. Thank you.

0:43:38 > 0:43:44What was so thought-provoking was that they struggled as a family

0:43:44 > 0:43:46before she was diagnosed with dyslexia,

0:43:46 > 0:43:49and once they got told, the doctor said,

0:43:49 > 0:43:52"Yes, you're dyslexic," it just...

0:43:52 > 0:43:55That was a mending process, a healing process for that family.

0:43:55 > 0:43:58To say, "Right, OK, well, we've done everything as parents

0:43:58 > 0:44:01"and it's not us and it's not us as parents, and we're not to blame,

0:44:01 > 0:44:05"and we're going to try and help our daughter and give her that confidence that she needs."

0:44:05 > 0:44:07So I think that's quite a beautiful thing.

0:44:07 > 0:44:10I thought they're a lovely, loving family

0:44:10 > 0:44:12who went through a tough time.

0:44:12 > 0:44:14It's just nice and it's just much better

0:44:14 > 0:44:17and I feel a lot more confident...

0:44:18 > 0:44:20..knowing he doesn't think down on me.

0:44:21 > 0:44:23Yeah.

0:44:31 > 0:44:32Hello!

0:44:32 > 0:44:34Come in.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36Come in!

0:44:36 > 0:44:40It's only four days until the end of the experiment

0:44:40 > 0:44:44and Javone has asked all the pupils to gather in the hall.

0:44:44 > 0:44:48You're probably thinking why we're not actually in our same room.

0:44:48 > 0:44:49We're in a different space.

0:44:49 > 0:44:54The reason we're in a different space is because I've got a surprise for you.

0:44:54 > 0:44:55- STUDENTS EXCLAIM - Ooh!

0:44:55 > 0:44:59But before we get to the surprise, language doesn't have to be boring.

0:44:59 > 0:45:01Just look at me like that. Like...

0:45:01 > 0:45:04"You know what? Language is boring."

0:45:04 > 0:45:05But language doesn't have to be boring.

0:45:05 > 0:45:07Communication is the key.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09It's proven - fact -

0:45:09 > 0:45:14reading helps you in your future, your future life.

0:45:14 > 0:45:19If you want to have that lovely house with a nice car with the rims,

0:45:19 > 0:45:21black-on-black with the tinted windows.

0:45:21 > 0:45:24If you want to have that nice dress, you want that Versace suit,

0:45:24 > 0:45:27if you want to have those Prada shoes, reading -

0:45:27 > 0:45:31just reading maybe five, ten minutes a day - will help you get that.

0:45:31 > 0:45:33It's proven - people who read more get a better job.

0:45:33 > 0:45:36They earn more money. It's a fact.

0:45:38 > 0:45:42Scientists recently discovered that of all a teenager's hobbies,

0:45:42 > 0:45:46reading is the most important one to secure a good job.

0:45:48 > 0:45:50But to help me...

0:45:50 > 0:45:55convince you guys, I got someone who loves reading just as much as I do.

0:45:55 > 0:45:58Loves writing jokes just as much as me, who writes comedy.

0:45:58 > 0:45:59It's Russell Kane.

0:46:00 > 0:46:03Stand-up comedian Russell Kane is living proof

0:46:03 > 0:46:06that reading can change your life.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08Hello, everyone.

0:46:08 > 0:46:12- How you doing?- If you could share with them your story,

0:46:12 > 0:46:15maybe that might unlock something.

0:46:15 > 0:46:18Basically, I earn my living by working one hour a night doing stand-up comedy on a stage.

0:46:18 > 0:46:21I get up, go and make people laugh, come home again.

0:46:21 > 0:46:24So how have I got from starting life on a council estate to there?

0:46:24 > 0:46:25What happened was this -

0:46:25 > 0:46:28I grew up in a house with no books, no reading.

0:46:28 > 0:46:31My dad actually said, "You can't learn anything from a book,"

0:46:31 > 0:46:33which is literally the opposite of the truth.

0:46:33 > 0:46:36I didn't read at all. I wasn't reading by the time I was your age.

0:46:36 > 0:46:40I left school, left with nothing, wasted my talent, basically.

0:46:40 > 0:46:44And everyone will find their own way into literature and reading,

0:46:44 > 0:46:47and mine was anger - the thought that I was about to throw my life away.

0:46:47 > 0:46:50I used books as a way to climb up that mountain and overtake a lot of

0:46:50 > 0:46:52the people that had private education,

0:46:52 > 0:46:54and I left my uni with a first.

0:46:54 > 0:46:57Whether you want to be an actor, whether you want to work in academics,

0:46:57 > 0:46:59whether you want to be an accountant - whatever -

0:46:59 > 0:47:02reading a book trains your mind to work faster.

0:47:03 > 0:47:06Javone hopes Russell Kane has convinced his class

0:47:06 > 0:47:09that it's never too late to start reading.

0:47:10 > 0:47:13So now I want you to come up with stories,

0:47:13 > 0:47:17something funny that you can either read in a book or it can be a personal story,

0:47:17 > 0:47:20but I want you to get a pen and paper,

0:47:20 > 0:47:23I want you to try and make a scenario or a situation funny.

0:47:26 > 0:47:29This may seem a bit removed from reading a book,

0:47:29 > 0:47:33but these guys are so consumed with Facebook, Twitter,

0:47:33 > 0:47:36Instagram, Snapchat. I want to give them something more,

0:47:36 > 0:47:38like a narrative, a storyline,

0:47:38 > 0:47:42something with a chunk that they can sort of, you know,

0:47:42 > 0:47:45grapple with rather than just read something in 140 characters

0:47:45 > 0:47:46and then they're done with it.

0:47:47 > 0:47:50You punched a bear in the paw?

0:47:50 > 0:47:53No. It was Bradley the bear in Pontins or Haven.

0:47:53 > 0:47:55Right, still good.

0:47:55 > 0:47:59So if you write that story down and we can start from there.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01She goes to, like, Zumba.

0:48:01 > 0:48:03Your gran goes to Zumba?

0:48:03 > 0:48:04Yeah.

0:48:04 > 0:48:06There you go. You've got a Zumba gran.

0:48:06 > 0:48:08That's a funny story. That's a great story.

0:48:08 > 0:48:10This is great - it's actually working.

0:48:10 > 0:48:12They're actually engaging with the story.

0:48:12 > 0:48:14She told me to strip off, right? So I did.

0:48:14 > 0:48:17And I'm naked and she was like, "I'll get you a towel."

0:48:17 > 0:48:20So I wait in the shed and she just didn't come back.

0:48:22 > 0:48:23After about 20 times,

0:48:23 > 0:48:25you will be able to make that story properly hilarious.

0:48:25 > 0:48:27Building in pauses, building in drama.

0:48:27 > 0:48:31I mean, you just told that to me in one minute. That's a five-to-ten-minute story.

0:48:31 > 0:48:35OK, guys. Can we all give a big round of applause

0:48:35 > 0:48:38for Russ Kane for coming down, please?

0:48:40 > 0:48:43Before they go, there's one final challenge.

0:48:43 > 0:48:46Next week in assembly, we are going to be...

0:48:46 > 0:48:48Well, not me, but you guys

0:48:48 > 0:48:51are going to be performing these stories.

0:48:51 > 0:48:55We're going to get the best bits from the stories and we're going to keep on going until it's funny.

0:48:55 > 0:48:58I know you hate me right now, but that's what we're doing.

0:48:58 > 0:48:59Yeah? Yeah?

0:49:02 > 0:49:06Javone hopes the workshop has given them the confidence to write

0:49:06 > 0:49:09and perform a script in front of the school.

0:49:11 > 0:49:13Most of them are on board...

0:49:14 > 0:49:16..but not all.

0:49:16 > 0:49:19If you want to be an actor, this is what you have to do.

0:49:19 > 0:49:21You know what I mean? That's what you have to do.

0:49:21 > 0:49:24You can't go in to a director and have that attitude.

0:49:24 > 0:49:26You won't get the job - you won't work.

0:49:26 > 0:49:27And that's the truth.

0:49:29 > 0:49:30Thank you.

0:49:33 > 0:49:35I just want you to do well, man. I seriously do.

0:49:35 > 0:49:38You probably think I don't but I seriously want you to do well.

0:49:38 > 0:49:40I'm not trying to give you a hard time.

0:49:45 > 0:49:49In a last-ditch attempt to get Charlie reading, Javone is

0:49:49 > 0:49:53pressing him to connect with the book One through his own life.

0:49:56 > 0:49:58Can you do it again?

0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Right.- You got a brother, you got a sister?

0:50:00 > 0:50:02Yeah, I've got two brothers.

0:50:02 > 0:50:07OK, say your brother, your oldest brother, and you are conjoined.

0:50:07 > 0:50:10- You've just had an operation.- Yeah.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12And he's not going to make it.

0:50:12 > 0:50:15And he's right next to you and you're not going to see him again.

0:50:16 > 0:50:19"I blink and he speaks.

0:50:19 > 0:50:21" 'Tippi is gone,' he says.

0:50:21 > 0:50:25"All I can say is, 'I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.' "

0:50:25 > 0:50:28And you're in the room. The doctor's come and he's like,

0:50:28 > 0:50:30"I'm sorry - I've got to give you bad news."

0:50:30 > 0:50:32- Yeah.- "Your bro didn't make it."

0:50:34 > 0:50:38Use that anger and hold it, hold it, stand your ground.

0:50:38 > 0:50:39Hold yourself.

0:50:40 > 0:50:44Let the words touch you, let the words speak to you.

0:50:44 > 0:50:47Whatever comes through that, that's what you give out.

0:50:47 > 0:50:49" 'Get out,' I say,

0:50:49 > 0:50:52"turning away from everyone and hating them equally.

0:50:52 > 0:50:54"Tippi. Tippi.

0:50:55 > 0:50:56"Tippi!"

0:50:56 > 0:50:58How did you feel?

0:50:58 > 0:51:00- Tell me what went...?- That was...

0:51:00 > 0:51:02Honestly, just your honest opinion.

0:51:02 > 0:51:03It made me sad.

0:51:03 > 0:51:06- Why?- Because if you think about it,

0:51:06 > 0:51:09you've lost your sister or brother

0:51:09 > 0:51:11that you've literally been attached to,

0:51:11 > 0:51:15they've gone and they're never coming back and you're never going to see them again

0:51:15 > 0:51:18and after everything you've shared and learned with them, and then

0:51:18 > 0:51:21- it's just gone.- And as an actor... You want to be an actor...

0:51:21 > 0:51:25- Yeah.- Do you see how that can maybe help you in your career,

0:51:25 > 0:51:27little techniques like that could help you?

0:51:27 > 0:51:31Yeah, because in a way it's making me feel like I am the character,

0:51:31 > 0:51:37that I've lived but they haven't, and it just... It hits you.

0:51:37 > 0:51:39I'm scared to ask the question cos I don't know

0:51:39 > 0:51:42how you're going to answer it, but I'm going to ask anyway.

0:51:42 > 0:51:46Has it kind of, just a little bit, changed your view on reading at all?

0:51:46 > 0:51:48- Yeah, in a way. - HE SIGHS

0:51:48 > 0:51:53- I wouldn't say I'm going to go home and read every book I can possibly find.- Cool, I understand that.

0:51:53 > 0:51:57If I see a book that may vaguely interest me,

0:51:57 > 0:51:59just to give it a go rather than just saying,

0:51:59 > 0:52:02- "No, I can do something else instead."- I'm happy.

0:52:14 > 0:52:15Hi, guys.

0:52:15 > 0:52:16- STUDENTS:- Hi.

0:52:16 > 0:52:19Hi. What are we doing?

0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's the second day of rehearsals...

0:52:21 > 0:52:22Rehearsing what?

0:52:22 > 0:52:24..and Javone is surprising his class.

0:52:24 > 0:52:26You've got a sketch? Can I see it?

0:52:26 > 0:52:29He wants to see if they've managed to turn their personal stories

0:52:29 > 0:52:31into one big performance.

0:52:34 > 0:52:35Come on, Charlie.

0:52:37 > 0:52:38Let's see what you've got.

0:52:42 > 0:52:45But it's not what he's expecting.

0:52:45 > 0:52:47They've come up with a new script.

0:52:47 > 0:52:52The arrival of comedian Javone Prince at Ripley School has led to some unusual behaviour.

0:52:52 > 0:52:53And it's all about him.

0:52:53 > 0:52:58- Hi, guys. Today I'm going to talk about how books are amazing. - OTHERS JEER

0:52:58 > 0:53:02The students have been seen wandering around clutching strange paper objects.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05PlayStation controls and smartphones have been put down

0:53:05 > 0:53:07and exchanged for...books.

0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Books?- Books.

0:53:09 > 0:53:11Books set us apart from animals.

0:53:11 > 0:53:14We're the only species that communicates in writing.

0:53:14 > 0:53:16Books contain all.

0:53:17 > 0:53:22With only two days to go before the performance, Javone lends a hand.

0:53:23 > 0:53:27Stop. Can you go and say the lines again, please, Jess and Lois?

0:53:27 > 0:53:31- We're starting from the top.- Hello, good morning, and welcome.

0:53:31 > 0:53:33In the news today...

0:53:33 > 0:53:35I mean, what have books ever done for us?

0:53:35 > 0:53:36Can we do that again?

0:53:36 > 0:53:38That little section up to there.

0:53:38 > 0:53:41The librarian has reported actually seeing some children

0:53:41 > 0:53:45- entering her library.- Yeah, well, don't worry - we're going now.

0:53:45 > 0:53:49- Ha-ha-ha-ha. Maybe. - I am a changed man!

0:53:49 > 0:53:52- I feel...- Sorry, we're nearly out of time here.

0:53:52 > 0:53:55Hmm. Girls!

0:53:56 > 0:53:58Yes, Charlie!

0:53:58 > 0:54:00BELL RINGS

0:54:05 > 0:54:09The reading experiment has nearly come to a close.

0:54:09 > 0:54:12Alex has been reading Eleanor And Park

0:54:12 > 0:54:15and has even picked up some dating tips.

0:54:16 > 0:54:20The book has helped me to sort of understand that...

0:54:21 > 0:54:25..boys and girls do think differently and that...

0:54:26 > 0:54:31..you've sort of got to get a bit of common ground, you know, because

0:54:31 > 0:54:34what are you going to talk about if you haven't got common ground?

0:54:34 > 0:54:39Like, my main things are milking cows and, er,

0:54:39 > 0:54:41tractors and farming, really, and...

0:54:43 > 0:54:47I don't think I'm going to change. I'm not going to change much.

0:54:47 > 0:54:50I'm definitely not going to change to liking sheep,

0:54:50 > 0:54:55so I've just got to find somebody who likes the things that I like.

0:54:55 > 0:54:59You never know - I could go into reading more books. I could...

0:54:59 > 0:55:02By the end of this, I could be a die-hard bookworm.

0:55:06 > 0:55:10Javone's time at Ripley is almost over.

0:55:10 > 0:55:12I'm not going to lie to you - it wasn't easy.

0:55:12 > 0:55:16I thought it was going to be a walk in the park but it wasn't.

0:55:16 > 0:55:21I've learnt a lot and I hope they've learned something.

0:55:22 > 0:55:25But before he goes, his class of reluctant readers

0:55:25 > 0:55:29are about to put their new literary skills to the test.

0:55:30 > 0:55:32Hello, good morning and welcome.

0:55:32 > 0:55:33In the news today...

0:55:33 > 0:55:37The arrival of comedian Javone Prince at Ripley School has led to some unusual behaviour.

0:55:40 > 0:55:42- Hi, guys. Today I'm going to talk about...- Boo! Shut up!

0:55:42 > 0:55:44..how books are amazing.

0:55:44 > 0:55:47Students have been spotted clutching strange paper objects.

0:55:47 > 0:55:52PlayStation controllers and smartphones have been put down and exchanged for...books.

0:55:52 > 0:55:54- Books?- Books.

0:55:54 > 0:55:57Of Javone's class of 15 die-hard non-readers,

0:55:57 > 0:56:0211 are reading and enjoying One and three have got to the end.

0:56:03 > 0:56:06Even if I just planted a seed of "reading is important",

0:56:06 > 0:56:08just, like, picking up a book

0:56:08 > 0:56:11or having a relationship with language...

0:56:12 > 0:56:15If they take that away from this experience,

0:56:15 > 0:56:17then I've achieved something.

0:56:17 > 0:56:19How do you feel?

0:56:19 > 0:56:20I feel positively ecstatic.

0:56:22 > 0:56:26Reading's not just boring or the curriculum or just school -

0:56:26 > 0:56:30it's a way of life, something you should enjoy.

0:56:30 > 0:56:34Just, sort of, like... Just get lost...in a book.

0:56:36 > 0:56:40Even Charlie is starting to see the benefit of books.

0:56:41 > 0:56:45Apart from the civilisation of the human race, what do books do for us?

0:56:45 > 0:56:47- Books make you clever. - And more interesting.

0:56:47 > 0:56:49And improve your vocab.

0:56:49 > 0:56:52Well, books can contain beautiful poetry.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54It's really helped me as an actor

0:56:54 > 0:56:59because the emotion helps me with the characterisation.

0:56:59 > 0:57:01- ALL:- And some girls like poetry.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04Hmm! Girls.

0:57:05 > 0:57:10It's made me understand that books aren't as complicated as you think.

0:57:10 > 0:57:14And for one pupil, the experiment may even have been life-changing.

0:57:15 > 0:57:18Four weeks ago, I wouldn't have been brave enough

0:57:18 > 0:57:21to stand up in front of the whole year.

0:57:21 > 0:57:25I used to hate reading. Now I find learning lines and reading easier.

0:57:25 > 0:57:28Javone has shown me that dyslexia doesn't have to hold me back.

0:57:36 > 0:57:39The three-week experiment has come to an end,

0:57:39 > 0:57:42and Javone has left some parting gifts.

0:57:43 > 0:57:46You know what? There's a book out there.

0:57:46 > 0:57:51Pick it up, have a nice summer, get reading because it's great.

0:57:51 > 0:57:53Reading is amazing. So thank you.

0:57:53 > 0:57:55APPLAUSE

0:57:58 > 0:58:01But did anyone pick up a book after he left?

0:58:03 > 0:58:05In the summer, I went to Majorca for two weeks

0:58:05 > 0:58:06and I read the Twilight series.

0:58:06 > 0:58:10I went on holiday to Greece and my mum grabbed a book,

0:58:10 > 0:58:13so I thought I might as well get one as well seeing as, like,

0:58:13 > 0:58:14everything that we've done at school.

0:58:14 > 0:58:17I've read on the beach and although it's quite loud on the beach,

0:58:17 > 0:58:19I couldn't really hear anybody because I was reading.

0:58:19 > 0:58:22I read every single night, about at eight o'clock,

0:58:22 > 0:58:25and then I read for about 20 minutes

0:58:25 > 0:58:29and then I'll end up reading it for more than 20 minutes

0:58:29 > 0:58:31because I enjoy it.