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I always have felt a bit out of place, being the big reader in school. Even my closest friends never read as much as I did, and I always felt like the biggest nerd for "wasting my time" with books, instead of going outside to play with them. However, I'm incredibly thankful that my parents instilled such an important quality in me, and continue to carry on my love of reading, so much so to the point that I've read most of the books I own and nearly every one at my parents house at least twice.
I think it's a shame that so many kids divert themselves away from reading. I've always been told that reading is the best way to escape into another land, become another person, experience new things - and it truly is. Why have an image created for you on a screen when you can use your own imagination to fill in any detail, just the way you want?
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