Is Reading for Pleasure Beneficial? »

Posted By WikiMap 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News

“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.” said Francis Bacon. The above quotation implies that in the process of being an exact man first comes reading. It equips a man with knowledge to make his mark in life.

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    gwhiddon5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Of course it's beneficial.

    For one thing, it's amazingly good for the imagination.

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    CHAM5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Absolutely no doubt that it is beneficial. I began to read at an early age. At one time span in my life I read a book a day.

    I remember some amazing things from my reading of the almanacs back in the early forty's. Facts that today are no longer facts. History has undergone a revision. But that shouldn't be surprising.

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      not2needy5 months, 3 weeks ago

      If it's not, i certainly have harmed myself! lol

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        rimbaud5 months, 3 weeks ago

        Is pleasure beneficial?

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        sophiesolo5 months, 3 weeks ago

        Reading for pleasure is really beneficial, its relaxing and calming too

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          superskemer5 months, 3 weeks ago

          yeah its beneficial to read, in hopes you are going to learn someting from it, or it can stimulate your mind in some way to help you develop intelligently. it also depends what your reading too, many magazines and books dealing with superficiality or typical social stupidity wont get you anywhere, but books that deal with real issues where you can learn something from is ofcourse great for the mind.

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            Charlson5 months, 3 weeks ago

            The lack of literacy has always been a tool in the past to oppress the masses. The ability to read was exclusively the property of the rich and powerful and denied to the vast majority in order to stay rich and powerful. When you have the ability to read and write, you'll be able to tap into the knowledge that will enable a determined individual to rise above his or her station in life.

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              owlz675 months, 3 weeks ago

              I am a school teacher and once upon a time I told the youngsters over and over again that reading was a good way to
              learn about anything in the world. I am still a "bookaholic"
              but the youngsters today use the computer so much and so well
              they would rather play on it than read a book. I find that
              very. very sad. If I could come back in 100 years I wonder what humans will be reading, if they read at all.

              I also find it extremely disturbing that kids sit in front of
              the TV so much and look at the junk that's broadcast. There are
              several programs that I find excellent, but most people probably do not watch them. The kids should get outside and play some, too. No wonder so many are fat now. YUCK

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                BlueJeanBaby55 months, 3 weeks ago

                I love to read just about anything. My generation grew up on reading and expanding the imagination. Today, I think it's become a bit of a lost art, just my opinion!

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                  Crosci5 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Definitely good thing. I like reading for pleasure, I did it all my life. It's fun!

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                    LegalBob5 months, 3 weeks ago

                    Reading on regular basis, such as novels, non-fiction and so on can reduce the effects of ADD and lengthen out the effects of AZH disease.

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                      xrnpeggyx5 months, 3 weeks ago

                      As a child I read to get away from the realities of my life, without this advantage I doubt that I would have become a published author of many articles, and a book on a man who was 92 and still practicing medicine. Reading has many advantages,it will enrich your life.

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                        Harbeas5 months, 3 weeks ago

                        I enjoy reading immensely. It is amazing to read some of the imaginations that the really good authors have when they craft these stories.

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                          LegalBob5 months, 3 weeks ago

                          Nothing beats curling up with a good book in front of the fireplace on a cold blustery winter night in my plush recliner, cat on the lap, dog peacfully asleep on the rug. And all of a sudden I wake from that dream and realize we don't have winters in New Orleans, I don't have a fireplace or a cat ... but I still have that book. :-)

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                            CaptainLucid5 months, 3 weeks ago

                            I am a compulsive reader. If you lock me in a room with a book I will soon be reading it no matter what the subject. My school and my mom could not understand why I never responded to punishment. In elementary school whenever I got tired of putting up with the teacher I would refuse to do my school work. Their response was to make me sit in a small hallway in the office until I did my work. This hallway was also where they kept all the extra reading books. I learned the opposite of what they were trying to teach me. Cause trouble and they reward me by leaving me alone and giving me books to read.

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                              cubsguy5 months, 3 weeks ago

                              I love to pick up a great book and really delve into it. Sometimes I even forget where I am...but I think that happens as we get older

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                                bigbuttbubbabuck5 months, 3 weeks ago

                                I love reading. I leave books, magazines 'n newspapers layin' all over the house, 'n my kids pick them up 'n read. I don't understand why some folks don't have reading materials in the bathroom, ya tell me ya just gotta sit there 'n crap ? I'd rather go to a library than a *****house (even w/ a 50% off coupon) Shalom.

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                                  gwhiddon5 months, 3 weeks ago

                                  I'm pretty sure that these kids watching TV and videos are missing the development of that inside "video card" of the brain - imagination. Engineers and many other designers have to have this to envision what they want to build or design.

                                  Another thing they are missing is the personal feeling of reading and putting themselves in the protagonists' role. I enjoy watching some movies for the action, but I have a harder time imagining myself in the actor's place, seeing that he (or she) is in reality a very well to do actor making so much more money than I am. I much prefer the personal feel of what reading does for me.

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                                    jaern5 months, 3 weeks ago

                                    I love to read. My favorite pastime.

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