Ignacio Frias
Persuasive Essay Reading a book is like giving your brain a surplus of knowledge to make you a more informed and educated individual. Reading may sound simple but not too many people like to sit and read a book; they would rather be watching the new season of Dexter. Reading offers so much to people and can teach new skills that will help them in future in endeavors. Television is everywhere even including on your phone so it makes it easy for people to prefer to watch t.v. instead of reading a nice book. I think of reading as a tool I use everyday to help me understand things I am curious about or would like to gather more information on a certain subject.The more knowledge you have, the better­equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face. To begin with I like to read and think everyone can benefit from learning something new or even just reading a novel. Having a strong vocabulary is very important in a professional setting and you can self improve by reading and learn how to use more complex words and establish a better vocabulary. Reading is not just for vocabulary purposes but can also help you become a more analytical thinker and be able to provide insight of your own knowledge. Have you ever had trouble with your memory? Amazingly enough, every new memory you create forges new synapses and strengthens existing ones, which assists in short­term memory recall as well as stabilizing moods. We are only human but the possibilities are endless when we expand our way of thinking and become a student of acquiring knowledge and be the best we possibly can. There are also disadvantages of not reading such as not being intuitive, being informed, providing intelligent responses to serious discussions. In today’s modern world there are plenty of people who do not take full advantage of reading and those people are labeled non intelligent or in other terms not credible due to their lack of knowledge. Television is a culprit and is one of many reasons people choose not to read and deprives people to develop their own opinion and people just reference to what they saw on t.v. People who generally read are more knowledgeable, happy, successful, and have the drive to learn more. You don’t want to be labeled as someone who is not credible and therefore you can change that by reading more and quench your thirst for knowledge. In conclusion there is no such thing as gaining too much information but there is word that is called wisdom which you can be by gathering your personal opinion on what you have read and learned. We can always improve ourselves and reach wisdom and that requires us to strive to be the best we can be and read. Reading is for everyone and used on a daily there is no excuse not to improve. Finally pick up a book and join millions of people who are on a quest for never ending knowledge.