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My dad really encouraged me to read in high school.. Which I'm thankful for now.
Lately, I read mostly what is assigned by profs, and over summer I'll read a book or two.
I know that the Internet, TV, and life is taking up more of my time lately, and thus giving me less time to read. Furthermore, when I do read I find myself reading magazines, either sports, news, or culture/fiction..
That being said, reading/English is definitely my strongest subject, and I'm glad I majored in English in college. It has exposed me to a lot of great writers, and books I would never have read on my own.
I don't think reading is "dead" by any means, but on the larger scale, I would say it has been reduced, mainly because there are a lot more distractions now than there were back in "the day."
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"Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence. Gotta get me some of that." -Stewie
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