Booksmart
By hfksorws - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff
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You can download lots and lots of books for free www(dot)manybooks(dot)net.
Just out of curiousity, why did you spell out the word dot rather than just type one?
Because sometimes comments sections of webpages like this will automatically moderate a comment containing a link assuming it is spam of some kind. I don't think I have seen any links in the comments here but I am not sure....so rather than muck around I just put it in that format to prevent it being moderated.
Shaggy_92
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movies or outdoor recreation ftw
I think the point isn't that the OP didn't but rather that the father is saying they read too much?
didn't get the book*
I agree, but it's still possible that he's right. When I read I'm in a totally "other" zone; it's a form of escapism. I realize now that I read a lot as a teen to avoid socializing; I should've branched out more and had a more balanced life. It's great to enjoy reading, but not at the exclusion of other healthy activities.
annhilator1134
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been there done that
samadams42
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YDI for being a nerd
At least you didn't get punched out for buying the twilight saga series.. your dad is just probably mad you can read bigger words then he can.
WOW! Reading teaches you more than could be imaginable! First off it would depend on the material you choose to read. If you choose fiction and or fantasy then I could understand, for example there is nothing to learn from this Twilight series, but as I assume many female teenagers will follow the trends. Everyone has a different taste in reading some read (in my opinion) pointless magazines that have to deal with beauty and fashion. Then there are the ones that prefer the memoirs and or historical events. It all depends on your taste. Some will read the news paper daily for current events or for the other categories that are included such as comics, sports, and entertainment. In lames terms reading can better your vocabulary so that you are not using grade 10 vocabulary in regular speech. This may be difficult for some to grasp but video games may teach you hand to eye coordination, but to have it teach you about the real world it would actually enhance this real world “life” as it is called in order of speech and or writing. You cannot speak to another in theses other (as they are called slang terms) in the real world for example would you tell the boss of a major cooperation that “ yoo my peepz tellz me ppl they dnt dig dis jobz as u say they do?” For real reading fiction or nonfiction, past or present will teach you more than a video game that you sit mesmerized by a television ever will in the real world when it comes to vocabulary, to speak to others and or sentence structure. Therefore reading can increase you intelligence because I bet you read a few words a day that you might now the meaning of (and if you don’t I suggest in finding more challenging reading material) As for reading over socializing I completely agree you cannot put what you may have learn t reading into a real life situation if you do not socialize and use this newfoud vocabulary if you choose to hide in a corner. This will not improve anything that will help within the future. Just part of my opinion nothing against anyone but if your father had the right frame of mind they would much rather you be reading whatever it is that you wanted over going to a college party and drinking and smoking your brains out.
Twilight is barely fantasy, they're pretty much romance novels. The fantasy genre can be utilized to address themes significant in the real world, so I'd say you can gain knowledge through them. Or maybe I'm just a fantasy nerd. :D
Yeah, doesn't fantasy tend to be allegorical? If the Twilight series was an allegory, I'm not sure I want to know what it was trying to say about the real world. Miss_Piggy: I admit that you have some valid points, and I admire your response's passion. However, you may want to read a bit more yourself before arguing that it expands your vocabulary and improves your grammar.
Very, very scary things, Jane.
Karnezar
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Barnes and Noble is expensive as shit, anyway
yupishi
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Ok, lame reasoning, but maybe you should stop assuming that your parents will buy you anything you want... not how the world works honey.
varkey
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hmm, some parents don't like their kids being smart seems your dad is one of them
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What? That's like taking a kid to a toy store, looking around, then leaving because the kid has too many toys. Why bother going in the first place? I'll never understand parents these days...
I'm sorry, but.....excuse me? In order of your points, sir or madam: 1) Excessive reading damages your eyesight .....Only if the light you're reading by is bad. 2) Reading does NOT increase your intelligence, it makes you better at reading and nothing else. Compare this to the fact that recent studies have shown that playing computer games will improve your coordination and reaction skills. What's a better improvement? This depends to a certain degree on the book, but certainly there are boatloads of volumes out there that can teach you valuable skills of various types, from cooking to astro-physics, and those that fall under the heading of 'novel' can produce interesting questions of various kinds, such as the nature of good and evil or how a person fits into their society. Older books give us windows into the past, modern ones give insight into our current mindset. As for the coordination provided by video games, honestly, what are the odds that a person will ever be really able to put that to use as a working force in their lives? Sure it's nice to be able to catch a thrown object or something that fell off a table, but barring the precious few people who make it in the word of sports you cannot make a living that way. The one possible exception is that of surgeons who perform laproscopic procedures, which require them to be able to coordinate their hands and the laproscope. Guess how I knew that? I read medical journals amongst other things. Oh the irony is rich tonight. 3) Choosing to read instead of socializing will simply make you dumber and more depressed over time. Socializing works your brain like nothing else, and is the most important factor in long term happiness. GET OUT MORE. Well then why is it that the acknowledged queen of socializing, the cheerleader, is dumb as a sack of hammers and is likely to achieve precious little while the geek hiding in the corner with the book might win the next Nobel Peace Prize? The fact of the matter is that socializing is good, but reading trumps it by a long shot.