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I typically fell somewhere in the middle—more like my mother than the other two. I like having a week or two to completely digest a book. Immerse myself fully. Capture other facets that emerge with time. Growing up in Delta while going to school in Coquitlam also afforded me the ideal interval to indulge in one of my favourite pastimes; there’s precious little to do in a car or on public transit other than to fulfill the Vancouver stereotype and try to avoid eye contact with everyone. My reading habits have since seen a decline. My situation is not a unique one. Yes, I’m still making sure I consume at least one unit of literary sustenance © Get foknowus! © The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We area registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. © The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member ofthe Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes :a month, but it has become : progressively more difficult. : Inasmuch as I enjoy reading, : it can occasionally seem, : though not a chore, a bit of an : effort. There are other relaxing : activities that demand even less energy than reading coaxes, and, : true to human spirit, the path : of least resistance is tempting : indeed. It’s so mindlessly easy nowadays to pop on Netflix : or surf the Internet for your : favourite TV show and hit : “play.” In the past, our watching : practices were dictated by when : our program was on. Though : some in those dark days still : managed to sit by the boob tube : and power through a couch : session regardless of what : rubbish was coming through : those rabbit ears, it was a : significantly less challenging : task to tear oneself away and do : something else, like read. Our : descent from books is due in no : small part to the advancements : we've made in technology. It’s a shame. Make no doubt : about it. Language is one of : humanity’s most important : attributes. Granted, there may : be miniscule distinctions we fail : to pick up in other creatures’ : communications, language— : varied language specifically— : appears to be a major gift that : sets us apart. And we will always : have that, but the quality of : that gift is in danger. A well- : developed vocabulary is nothing to shake a fist at—it can add to : our speech immeasurably. But where does that : vocabulary come from? School? : To an extent, but generally : only on the most basic of : levels. Chances are your Grade : 12 teacher didn’t ask you to : memorize a list of synonyms : for any given word. General : conversation with your friends : can yield fresh terminology, but : such words are not spontaneous; : : those syllables are harvested : from other sources. Books. They’re an invaluable : resource. When you happen : across a word you don’t know, : you look it up. You’ve learned : something. You've added to : your repertoire. Youre a better : educated human being who can : contribute more eloquently in : conversation as a result. A vocabulary is knowledge: having it gives you an : inside edge and an enriched : experience, similar to how : keeping up-to-date with the Screenshot of Gilmore Girls : news allows you to understand : and discuss current events. : A friend once likened it to an : inside joke—funny only to those : aware of it. Once, in Grade 4, a : classmate of mine who generally : made it a habit of picking on : others (apply whatever title you : wish to this) raised his hand at : one point during a reading to ask : what “ignorant” meant. I howled : with laughter, the snob that : I was, and several classmates : followed suit. It was one of the : first times it legitimately felt : rewarding to know. To have a : vocabulary. To understand the : irony. So, don’t be like the : increasing number of Netflix- : bound zombies in the world : today. There’s no need to cut : out TV completely, but pick up a : book once in a while. Prove that : the positive stereotype of human : beings as curious creatures with : a thirst for knowledge is true. : Develop yourself for the better, : and you just might find yourself : enjoying it. 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