Because of the summer reading books I was forced to read each year, I discovered that I actually enjoyed reading. During my high school years, I would go to the library and spend hours looking at books to borrow and read, racking up some incredibly large late fines. Sometimes I would spend all day with a book that would make my mother angry that I wasn't doing my chores, but she couldn't get too mad at me since I was reading instead of watching tv or wasting time on the computer. I am so glad I found out that I like to read. It is a much more refreshing experience to read and stretch the mind than to stare at a screen that requires no help from the imagination.  Reading is enjoyable for me because I was taught well by my teachers to find the important parts of a story and put them together to understand the bigger picture that the author was trying to relay to the readers

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