“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”- Carl Sagan
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"What's the point of reading this? Can't I just watch the movie? I'm not gonna be a writer or English teacher so why should I bother reading"?
When confronted with these questions, we must remember that literacy doesn't just help with your imagination, it works to make you a better person. Check out this latest study that links fiction reading to developing empathy and social skills. So really, we are reading to become better people.
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