Teens in our generation are so caught up with technology that they have completely forgotten about reading books. I understand that a lot of people are fairly busy, but it only takes a handful of minutes of reading everyday to make a difference in someone’s life.

Reading doesn’t really seem like it can change much, but I believe that it is an extremely important aspect to an individual’s everyday life. First of all, it increases your vocabulary and therefore a big part of your educational knowledge. I’ve found that I’ve performed very well in english class, and it’s probably because I read a lot. Reading has helped me improve in speaking formally as well as writing properly.

Also, reading books (obviously) makes your brain function at an optimal level. and it’s vital that your brain gets a healthy amount of exercise each day. This is especially true as teenagers in that our brains are not fully developed so we need all the brain work we can get. School alone may just not be enough for us to reach our maximum intellectual potential.

The effects of reading are not limited to purely educational increase. It can also benefit you in the real world. Communication is key to success, therefore our communication skills must be intact and improving as we grow. As technology holds such power over our generation, we see real communication as text messages or just snapchatting random pictures to one another.

Although technology is sometimes a efficient way of communication, if we overuse it, it can belittle our social skills in real life situations. Books contain many social situations as well as words that would be useful for us in our lives. If we commit to spending just a little less time on the phone and a tad more reading, we can improve not only educationally but socially as well.