2006-09-10 10:36:51 · 6 answers · asked by pirate at heart <3 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
literacy is one of the most important skills in human intelligence. it allows us to record things so we can look instead of storing it in our memory, which doesn't always work. it allows better communication and understanding. just being literate won't do everything, but having that skill is a definite help.
2006-09-10 10:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by dreamer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the time I learned to read reading was a huge part of my life. I came to love the English language, the sounds of words, the way some of them roll around in the mouth, the way in which they can evoke feeling or let me meet another mind through what that person has written, the way someone expresses what I feel in a way I would not have thought of on my own, the way in which I am stretched in thought, or brought into a world of poetic imagery by a poet.
I lived in a country for many years where I learned to speak the language but was never literate, never learned to read and write beyond a grade school level and that affected me deeply--but the reading and writing were of a high level of difficulty and I am the kind of person who can do one thing at a time and I had other duties, so although I could get around fine and talk and listen like crazy, it bothered me that a third grader could read better than I could, that I could not enter into the same process with my second language that I could in my first language, English. There is so much to be learned from the written word that the spoken word just cannot convey--subtleties and nuances of understanding that I regret about my second language.
2006-09-10 17:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I cannot imagine life without it, and I don't understand people who think it is of no value. So much of my 'contact' with other people is through the written word that I'd be almost totally isolated if I didn't have that. Plus, reading is one of my favorite things to do. It is entertainment, information, and sometimes even enlightenment.
2006-09-10 17:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by Red 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well without it you could not read my response. And I could not have responded to your question.
2006-09-10 17:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by jane d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it kills my inner child
2006-09-10 17:43:56 · answer #5 · answered by Dead Birds Don't Poop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it hoesn't
2006-09-10 17:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by annegrie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋