I feel that reading is important to teenagers. There are many types of books that can be found everywhere, such as romance, real-life stories and humour. Reading not only broadens our knowledge, it also increases our creativity, which can be useful for students when they are writing their essay. Ideas will tend to flow out more easily as the storyline they got from reading their books are etched in their minds and thus they may think of the story and their essays will be easily written out. For example, as I do read when I have the time, it is easier for me to write narrative writing. The ideas tend to flow much more easily. I think that students do not really read is either because they do not have the interest or is too busy to use any of their time to read. Also, it may be due to video games. As there are are more video games for teenagers to play, they would usually choose to use their free time to play rather than spend some time reading.

I agree with Shao Fen that reading improves our emotional quotient(EQ) and it is very important in allowing us to learn to understand where other people are coming from and makes us better people.

As Shao Fen said, reading allows us to be in the shoes of various characters and we will tend to feel for them therefore, our EQ will be raised. I believe that as our EQ increases we will more willing to feel for others and be thoughtful towards them. Therefore I agree with Shao Fen's point.