When looking at the topic of reading in the year 2020, my mind goes to multiple venues. I think of books, magazines, newspapers, blogs, online articles, etc. There are almost limitless places I can go to read information. However, if I asked my dad, who still has a flip phone, he would think: book and newspaper. When the topic of reading is brought up, many people believe that reading has completely been done away with due to the arrival of social media, particularly YouTube and mediums that have audio-books. They say that people do not dive into books like they used to because they can simply put in some headphones and listen to the information or story without much effort. While this may be true, I believe that reading still has a place in our lives: a very important place. I have been one to say, “Why would I read the book when I can listen to it.” I always thought it would be so much easier. Well, I have tried and tried, but I can never get the same information and depth out of listening to an audio-book than when I actually read the book. That statement right there has some underlying problems, though. It is difficult to actually read a book at times. When trying to read, my mind wanders off, thinking about anything and everything but the book I have in my hands. It amazes me how I can be two pages into a book, and have absolutely no idea what I have read. When I think of reading, I think of it as a skill. It is a skill to be able to grab a book, sit down, read words, and completely understand them. It is more of a skill to do that than it is to look up a “how to” on the internet, skim the material, and have basic knowledge of how to do something. During this quarantine, I have made it a point to read more often out of actual books as opposed to articles online. Yes, there are times when I lose focus and drift off, but the times when I keep focused on the book, I learn so much more and have a much deeper understanding of the information that if I were to just skim it or listen to it. Again, reading still has a place in our lives, and it is a skill that I admire.
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