Why Is Reading Important?

I am currently enrolled in my second semester at Elgin Community College, and one of the classes that I am currently taking is an online class that is about fiction literature. I have always had mixed feelings about reading when I was younger, but now I like it more. I am always reminded about when I was a young child, I thought of reading more of a burden because I was not interested in it. I am not sure if you picked up on that, but it was something that I always thought of being boring, and would think it would take up too much time.

I still remember how one of my elementary teachers had each of us complete a reading log at the end of the week. I had to read twenty minutes a night, and my mom made sure I did because she set the timer on the oven. I also remember playing Scrabble with you, and learning some words that I never knew. There were times when my teachers had us all gather around them while they read a book. We had to make connections

Reading has become a big significance in my life on how I am reading books that are hard to read. Once I got into high school, reading helped me to be successful by completing assignments correctly. Even in college, I have read scholarly articles for my speech class, and since I have practice reading, I found it easy to read and understand harder texts. I also used my reading skills on major test, like the ACT, to be able to answer all of the questions. I always thought reading in my mind was to be able to comprehend and appreciate the work that was put into the book. The best feeling of reading is when I get into the book and I visualise all the characters and scenes in my mind like a movie.I bet you have experienced that before considering you are a reading teacher. I have became a much better reader than I have before and in order for that to happen, I had to read! It took time, but reading more and more has shaped me into a person who likes to