“ I hate Reading!” Those are the words that librarians , teachers, parents, and booklovers round the world dread to hear. Many children say they hate to read but do they really? I mean you have to read to survive in this world we called earth. Without being able to read , you wouldn’t be able to read street signs ,restaurant menus, video game dialogues , or even be able to read the numbers and words on a microwave. Even in times before the era of modern technology there was reading. It is the building block of communication. Texting would not even be available if no one knew how to read . I mean how would you read the texts?

Reading has and probably always will be the core source of communication and a key to power in our world. I once had a teacher write to me “ Reading leads to knowledge. Knowledge leads to power” This shows the true importance of reading. When I read this, I had a realization that has proven to be helpful in everyway possible. I realized That it was true. The more you read the more knowledge becomes stuck in your head. With more and more knowledge , you start to become someone who holds power. You are no longer ignorant of the things in life and the things and places and people around you and in the times before and after that of your own time.

I have had friends who have told me that they hate to read but by finding out what they were interested in , I and my other book-loving friends have been able to find books that they have absolutely loved. Books are just like movies some are action others romantic and sappy and many others of many types. The only difference is that a book lasts longer then a movie. When a movie is over that’s it no more. But with a book the scenes keep replaying in your mind and the emotions you felt during the time you read the book stay with you long after you have finished. When reading a horror book late at night under the covers , the movie plays within your own mind and you feel as if you are the one in the book. If you read an action book after “all lights out!” Is called you feel like jumping up and fighting bad guys just like in the book. .As far as I have seen and researched reading is a survival trait that we all need in our everyday lives. I Have found out that the advantage that many people are missing to succeed in about anything in life is that of the ability to read and be come knowledge able . Most of the many facts that I have stored in my mind are from the many books I read.
I have heard people complain that I read too fast but if you read for just 30 mins a day the speed at which you read will increase . All you have to do is practice just like everything in the world. See everything is connected to reading.

Reading leads to knowledge . Knowledge leads to power. This is a statement that has been in life through the decades and no matter how good modern technology gets reading has and always will be the greatest source of communication and the true key to power.