the importance of reading classics
By grownup11
@grownup11 (219)
China
May 24, 2007 10:15am CST
Classics play a significant role in our life.Famous novels, speeches or poems tend to bring people courage ,confidence and wisdom.So to get access to those great minds in no doubt a wise decision.
However ,nowadays ,few people feel like reading classics.A lot of reasons are responsible for this phenomenon.To begin with,most of them are in the shadow of practical minds.These classics are less likely to meet these needs such as possessing a professional skill or finding a good job .What's more ,online reading helps people get imformation more easily and efficiently.
In comparsion, reading classics is much time consuing.
The last but not the least , people nowadays are too busy to read or to think.
As college students ,we should fully realized the importance of reading classics.
In the future ,we are facing many pressures and challenges ,and professional skill is obvious not a solution to all these problems.
The habit of reding enlightening books enables us to deal with complex situations efficiently by enlarging our vision and deepening our thoughts.
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2 responses
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
25 May 07
I entirely agree with you and endorse your view that we must incalcute the habit of reading and should also encourage our children to read. There is nothing better than 'reading' and if it is classics, that is much better. Reading not only increases our knowledge, it also increases our skills and thinking power. It is an exercise of Brain.
Very Good Discussion.
@AmbiePam (120738)
• United States
24 May 07
You embrace the classics of literature as a 'must', and you are right. It saddens me that people in their thirties have never heard, let alone read, anything by Ernest Hemingway or Jonathan Swift. Even Shakespeare! Students try to find a movie about the book so they won't have to bother reading. And it is tedious reading sometimes. Our educations are no match for the educations people had when those books were being written. Granted, the poor were not given education, but the ones who were, knew far more about reading and the spoken word than we do today. So we have to make an effort, but with all the distractions available, it is easy to slack off. My mom teaches English and Literature, and it boggles her mind that the students come in to college, with a lack of any knowledge needed to comprehend the classics. I can still quote the Gettysburg Addrees from 5th grade. What will I do with that knowledge? I don't know. But I have it, and I cherish it.
