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30% of teens struggle to read for more than 10 minutes: survey
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More than 3 in 10 high school students in South Korea reported struggling to read long texts, according to a recent survey. In response to a question asking whether they often find it difficult to stay focused when reading long passages for more than 10 minutes, 22.2 percent said “yes,” while 8.4 percent said “very much so,” totaling 30.6 percent, according to a survey of over 3,500 high school students by Jinhaksa, an educational research institute. By contrast, 26 percent answered “no” and 15