Do u know any such dying habit in ur state in comparison to earlier ?
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The immense benefits of reading as an essential life skill has long been known and
indeed for a long time it has been a favourite pastime for many people.
Unfortunately, with the rapid growth of electronic technology the reading habit, particular among the young is declining at an alarming rate and the decline in language skills, especially writing skills, is being reflected at all levels of society.
Gone are the days when the libraries and bookstores were almost always filled to capacity and one would feel embarrassed when someone mentions a book which you have not read. In those days it was dreadful when you missed out on reading a book, especially when it was a classic. Today it is in the reverse, when you speak of great books you are looked upon as being odd and even crazy in some instances.
It is well known that if children do not master reading in elementary school, they will almost certainly encounter difficulties throughout their schooling. And when they leave school and enter the working world lacking the skills they need to find a job, develop financial independence, and take their places as citizens, parents and workers they encounter serious difficulties..
In early life, a key benefit of strong reading skills is that your child will read. Skilled readers end up reading many millions more words than struggling readers, an incredible advantage in knowledge, vocabulary, high stakes test and understanding of life, which carries through college and into life.
From reading, the brain also benefits from a good workout. And reading is more neurobiologically demanding than watching TV or listening to the radio. A sentence is shorthand for a lot of information that must be inferred by the brain. In general, your intelligence is called into action, as is greater concentration.
“We are forced to construct, to produce narrative, to imagine,” says Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University and author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. “Typically, when you read, you have more time to think. Reading gives you a unique pause button for comprehension and insight. By and large, with oral language — when you watch a film or listen to a tape — you don’t press pause.”
A literate mind is a more complex one. “There’s a richness that reading gives you,” Wolf says, “an opportunity to probe more than any other medium I know of. Reading is about not being content with the surface.” In Anne E. Cunningham’s paper, What Reading Does for the Mind (pdf version), she found that reading, in general, makes you smarter, and it keeps you sharp as you age.
Reading about the diversity of life and exposing yourself to new ideas and more information helps to develop the creative side of the brain as it imbibes innovation into your thinking process, perhaps the best reading benefit of all.
Against this backdrop, the First Lady’s call during her recent visit to Essequibo to make reading a significant part of their lives, as opposed to doing so only when studying is required, is timely and most welcome.
But to arrest the decline in the reading habit it would take much more than an appeal from the First Lady. Instead, it would need the collective effort of society including that of parents, teachers, community leaders as well as the re-orienting of children and students which in today’s context of rapid growth of electronic technology certainly will be a herculean task. Nevertheless, “the longest journey begins with the first step.”
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