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Thứ Năm, 20 tháng 10, 2016

Why They Used To Say Reading Is Fundamental

By Barbara Morgan


In this modern era of text speech, it appears the art of written communication is in danger of death. The abbreviated language of the Internet and cellular telephones has children limited in their ability to understand the world. Without effective reading comprehension, many young people can be left behind in a world growing more and more competitive.

There is nothing wrong with slang or abbreviated language as an aside, but this is becoming the total of the language that young people use. This means their ability to spell has declined, and their powers of basic comprehension are stunted. There are already generations of adults who are functionally illiterate, and this is only getting worse.

Taking in a book on a rainy day can be like going on an adventure without ever leaving the room. Playing video games or watching television does not impact the creative imagination in a way that a good book can. Potential employers are not going to care what a young person watches or what games they play, but they will be effected by the presence of typographical errors on their resume.

Children who grow up around adults who read are more likely to be interested in engaging in this behavior themselves. It starts out as a way to interact with the parent, and eventually becomes a way the child makes their parents proud. As they enter their teen years, parents can encourage them by pretending certain books are taboo and stick them on the top shelf.

A child with excellent grammatical skills will always have an edge over others, throughout their lives. It makes learning easier, and ease of learning will make school more enjoyable for them in the long run. Young people who enjoy learning are much more likely to go on to seek an education from a university, and this can result in a more rewarding and successful career.

College alone is not enough to ensure success, and certainly does not ensure that a person lead a rich and full life. Many people view school as a necessary, albeit unpleasant hurdle. Once they complete their required courses, they tend to surrender themselves to mindless entertainments that in no way make them better people in the long run.

With the World Wide Web one might want to assume that more people are actively engaged in the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge sake. This has unfortunately not been the case, as so many people do waste their time on gaming, pornographic addiction that harms their relationships, and other junk food for their brains. Young people are growing up watching their parents dumb themselves down.

If we continue on this road, it begs one to imagine what our grandchildren and great grandchildren will be like, and what sort of a world will come out of this. The Dark Ages which came after the Renaissance occurred, in part, due to the Church prohibiting people from being educated. It would seem that we are on the very brink of a self-created Dark Age.




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