Many people believe it is not a good idea for students to read novels since it would waste their useful time that could otherwise be spent on learning about facts or studying. They also believe that reading novels would take students away from reality. However, I don’t believe this argument is cogent enough for the reasons I will discuss in this essay.
First, it is mind refreshing for students to spend their time on issues rather than science and facts. Reading novels could provide students with the opportunity to relax their minds and get some energy for the time they want to go back to studying. Contrarywise, having spent all their time learning about facts, students’ brains will be overloaded with unnecessary information, and consequently, the student will get tired and won’t be able to concentrate further on the facts he is going to learn at school.
Second, students can learn so much about life by reading novels. For instance, reading novels written by famous authors about the life of fictional characters can help students imagine themselves as living the characters’ lives and feel like they are going through the same difficulties, or should make the same tough decisions some characters have to make. For example, classic novels like the ones written by Dostoyevsky can be so informative for high school students.
Thirdly, novels can help students boost their imagination. There are lots of science fiction novels written for teenagers of different ages that make them think of situtions thst never happen in the real life. Once I saw a book about monsters that was purely science fiction, however, it was written in its preface that the book is trying to teach teenagers some concepts from psychological books about imagination.
Overall, despite the wide range of opposition toward it, I certainly believe students benefit from reading novels far more than they benefit from reding about actual facts.
Many
people
believe
it is not a
good
idea
for
students
to read
novels
since it would waste their useful
time
that could
otherwise
be spent
on learning about facts or studying. They
also
believe
that
reading
novels
would take
students
away from reality.
However
, I don’t
believe
this argument is cogent
enough
for the reasons I will discuss in this essay.
First
, it is mind refreshing for
students
to spend their
time
on issues
rather
than science and facts.
Reading
novels
could provide
students
with the opportunity to relax their minds and
get
some
energy for the
time
they want to go back to studying.
Contrarywise
, having spent all their
time
learning about facts,
students’
brains will
be overloaded
with unnecessary information, and
consequently
, the
student
will
get
tired and won’t be able to concentrate
further
on the facts he is going to learn at school.
Second,
students
can learn
so
much about life by
reading
novels
.
For instance
,
reading
novels
written
by
famous
authors about the life of fictional characters can
help
students
imagine themselves as living the characters’
lives
and feel like they are going through the same difficulties, or should
make
the same tough decisions
some
characters
have to
make
.
For example
, classic
novels
like the ones
written
by
Dostoyevsky
can be
so
informative for high school students.
Thirdly
,
novels
can
help
students
boost their imagination. There are lots of science fiction
novels
written
for
teenagers
of
different
ages that
make
them
think
of
situtions
thst
never happen in the real life. Once I
saw
a book about monsters that was
purely
science fiction,
however
, it was
written
in its preface that the book is trying to teach
teenagers
some
concepts from psychological books about imagination.
Overall
, despite the wide range of opposition toward it, I
certainly
believe
students
benefit from
reading
novels
far more than they benefit from
reding
about actual facts.
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