Reading???

Reading is the skill of being able to look at words, writing and be able to comprehend what you read. Reading began in...

Counting to think of it, do you really know when reading began?

You've been doing it your whole life and yet you probably don't know when exactly  that first word was read.

I don't know about you, but it annoyed me to think that I didn't know the beginning of something that I have been doing my whole life.

The first bike was ridden in 1817
The first computer was switched on in 1946 and
Reading began in...
The earliest forms of pictorial communication is traced back to hunters and gatherers carving in caves stories and techniques they used. Then only with in a few thousands of years, written communication began to develop and before you knew it us, modern homo-sapiens are reading for pleasure, work and study. But there's many years between today and 40,000 BC, so something must have happened in between!
Well...
- The British National Museum says their earliest records of writing date back to 3000 BC by Sumerians in major cities with centralised economies.

- Seal Script was used by the first Chinese emperor in 221 BC.


- In 196 BC a piece of granodiorite was written on as a decree on behalf of King Ptolemy V in Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic Script and Ancient Greek. Today it is called the Rosetta Stone.


- Soon in the dark/middle ages monks would begin to teach young noble boys how to read in Latin.


- Then when education became more common and industrial paper began then reading for leisure in the early 1900's became more and more popular and reading levels continued to increase well into the 70's.



But...
From 1982 to 2002, reading levels in the US dropped by 10% due to the increase in technology.
Personally reading is stimulating and a symbol of culture. Now that I know about readings' history, I just have more questions! Reading seems to have been around for ages, but I don't think anyone could ever put a date on the beginning of reading.


You can say I've been reading since I was born or since I was 5 because reading can stretch far beyond the comprehension of written words, but include the reading of images, feelings and expressions. If you think about all the things you've said you've read, I don't think it's just books. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.



Overall just remember that reading in anyway is great for developing your mind and heart. By reading the casual book you can even learn how to read minds. Yip, I'm crazy! But it is so true. When you read you are listening to the character or the author and hearing what they think of the world, what they feel and how they express them selves. Basically if you read you can learn more about how some people would react to what you would do, say and act. You can become a smart, sensitive individual who can read in more than one way.