What is reading to me? Well reading is more than just flipping through pages decorated with words; reading is a chance to see the world from a new perspective, a chance to experience a story, and an opportunity to learn new things. Being a reader means opening up one’s mind to new ideas.
I prefer to read fictional stories. I love a good fictional story filled with creative ideas and powerful imagery. However, I also enjoy some nonfiction readings as well. I love a novel that has the power to open my mind to new perspective ideas and touch my heart.
To become a better reader, I would like to expand my vocabulary. Not to mention, I am quite a slow reader, so I would like to improve by reading faster as well. In addition to the issues I mentioned previously, I have one more problem involving reading. My biggest struggle when it comes to reading is applying myself to readings that don’t catch my interest. Reading something that bores me is extremely challenging for me; my mind is wondering while I blankly scan the words on the page. I should be soaking up the information about Alexander Hamilton‘s ideas on the consolidation issue, or absorbing the words of Shakespeare, but what do I do? I find my self wondering what’s for dinner or trying to remember what time my guitar lessons are. Then I have to read whatever words I wasn’t taking in before once again. This is a bad habit I would very much like to eliminate. I want to be able to apply myself to the things I have to read, although I may not want to read them. And if I can get in to the habit of actually reading and comprehending the readings that bore me so much, maybe I’ll actually learn something interesting and helpful.
Reading is a very important skill to have in life because words are like germs, they are everywhere you go. Words are on almost everything: road signs, products, instruction manuals, even grocery bags. Without being able to read a lot more accidents and deaths would occur. For example if a person could not read the warning label on a can of hairspray or on a bottle of Tylenol, that person could easily spray the hairspray near a candle, and cause a fire, or take to many pills and become very ill. But despite the obvious reasons I just mentioned about the importance of reading, reading is also important for other reasons. Reading is important to guide people to an open mind and help people obtain new knowledge. For example, people read the writings of historical figures to understand the past and to possibly understand the future. occasionally there are powerful heartwarming stories that touch one’s soul so much they can change our perspective on life. Much of the time, people read persuasive essays or read others’ opinions on a topic to hear a side of an argument or to open their minds up to knew ideas.
Reading is an opportunity to open up one’s mind to the world. To understand things, appreciate things, learn things. Reading is a world of endless possibilities and opportunities.
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