Reading and Intellect
Today many people, especially young people don’t read at all. They are proud of their ignorance. They get all needed information from TV and radio. They think that this is quite enough for them to regard themselves to be clever. If a person doesn’t see his/her ignorance, this is the first and foremost sign of ill-breading and total absence of intellect. Clever people, even if they are recognized and have many awards always question their fame and often underestimate their merits. They understand that they should compare themselves not with people around them, but with their own ideal which is deep within them. These people strive for true knowledge, as their main goal is cognition. Unlike truly clever people, many show-offs exist in our world. Their knowledge is kitsch and nothing more. Intellect is partially congenital, partially developed. It can be developed only by means of reading books. Many young people watch popular science films and think that they can fully replace reading books on these topics. However, reading can’t be substituted by entertaining movies. Popular science movies are also meant for entertaining and this is their main drawback from the viewpoint of education. The information they contain is usually inaccurate, there are many inexact details there and so on. However, many young people build theories basing on this inaccurate information and don’t even guess that they look foolishly before the educated people they talk to. That is why reading should be propagated and advertised. This is very important, as we must save coming generations from their stupidity.
