Fuel to the Fire

I was sitting at the dinner table last night and my brother was doing his homework at the other end.  I asked him what he was working on and it was his English homework.  It was a project for his summer reading book; he had to find 5 songs and relate them to the book.  One paragraph for each song.  Simple I thought.  I asked him to read me what he had so far.  To say it sucked would be an understatement.  I would fail you if you were my student i told him.  He just shrugged.  Ten minutes later i found myself on google trying to find more relatable songs to the novel Feed.  Twenty minutes later I was writing out five paragraphs explaining why they relate to the novel.  Why?? Why did I just do his homework? Hes not stupid and hes definitely not lazy.  He just didn't think reading the novel would benefit him so he simply decided not to.  Even when i told him  that it was awesome and he'd really like it he didn't even bother to open it.  He used spark notes and thought that would give him a clear understanding of all the themes in the novel.  I sit here complaining that students don't read and that they can sometimes be lazy or absorbed in other things and i just added fuel to the fire. At least i know he'll get a good grade now....