Have you noticed which one? The Problem of Engaged Reading

How often do we read at the request or instruction of adults, so as not to upset us? How often do we read without pleasure in order to complete our homework? Why do we so rarely read with interest? These and other questions arise in my mind after reading D.S. Likhachev’s article.

Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev in his article raises the problem of interested reading. He talks about how great the role of books is in our lives. It helps us become wise and shapes our personality. But all this is only when we read with pleasure, “... delving into all the little things.” Because the most important thing sometimes lies in the little things.” When we read a book not for a lesson, not at the behest of fashion and vanity, but because “we like it.”

The philologist concludes: ““Disinterested” but interesting reading is what makes you love literature and what broadens a person’s horizons.”

I completely share the author's point of view. Reading under duress will not bring any benefit. On the contrary, it can lead to a dislike for books. You just need to read with pleasure and interest. Parents can set a good example, a teacher can recommend a book that turns out to be yours. The heroes of fiction we love read with pleasure, and books reveal and suggest a lot to them. I'll try to give examples.

The heroine of the first Russian novel in poems by A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin” Tatyana Larina did not like to play with dolls, seemed wild and was not like her sister Olga. Tatyana read a lot and read with pleasure. When Evgeny Onegin leaves, she, once in his office, reads for several days the books that her chosen one was reading, noticing all his notes in the margins, details and little things. The books helped her understand Onegin and his actions when he gave her a real lecture about the impossibility of her love. Tatyana felt better.

Sonya Marmeladova from F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” did not have the opportunity to study and read a lot. But there is a book in her life, Lizaveta gave it to her, which she read not just with pleasure, but with awe and admiration. The Bible - this book remains the most read in the world, a book that changed the world and the consciousness of people. She became everything to Sonya. The Bible helps her cope with life's difficulties, do the right thing, never despair, believing in goodness. She became her support. Raskolnikov will also come to this book.

From all of the above, I would like to conclude: be sure to read with pleasure. A good book can become your friend for life. Everyone should have favorite works that they can constantly refer to and know in detail. Love to read! And read with interest!

Updated: 2018-01-06

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For many people, reading books is what gives us a rich, expansive and profound experience of life. Many people think that if they read a book just to report to someone, it will bring as much benefit as deep, “unselfish” reading. Is it so? Why should books be read with interest?

In the text by D.S. Likhachev raises the problem of interest in reading.

The author reveals this problem by discussing how he came to understand what “disinterested” reading is. The author tells us a story from his school childhood. D.S. Likhachev says that his school teacher taught him “disinterested” reading. He remembers how Leonid Vladimirovich knew how to read and interest. The author emphasizes that they did it at ease, which is why these books sank into their hearts: “I still love what I listened to then as a child.” The guys simply loved to listen and therefore they went into every detail of the content of the book.

The author discusses this problem by comparing a book with a TV. D.S. Likhachev gives his commentary on the question of why television partially displaces books. Having realized that if you read a book, like a television program, “slowly, delving into the details,” then the book can become even more interesting than some television programs.

There are many examples in literary works that confirm my idea. For example, in Yuri Yakovlev’s story “Girls from Vasilievsky Island” we see Tanya Savicheva’s friend holding her diary in her hands. Valya Zaitseva needed to rewrite the contents of Tanya’s diary on concrete slabs. The girl read every word and imagined what was happening to Tanya. It was hard for Valya Zaitseva to write this, because she read carefully and the real picture of what was happening to Tanya was revealed to her. So, we see that only careful, “disinterested” reading reveals the real picture of what is happening.

Another example that proves my point could be the heroine of the novel by A.S. Pushkin "Eugene Onegin". Tatyana Larina, when she read books, imagined herself as the heroine of these books. She read books carefully and “disinterestedly”, she simply loved it. She went into detail so she could see the true picture of the work.

Thus, I was again convinced that you need to read the book with interest. Attentively and naturally, going into every detail of what is happening. Only then can you see the true thoughts of what the author wanted to convey. Only then will the book give us a vast and profound experience of life.

Task 25.

Write an essay based on the text you read.

Formulate one of the problems posed by the author of the text.

Comment on the formulated problem. Include in your comment two illustrative examples from the text you read that you think are important for understanding the problem in the source text (avoid excessive quoting).

Formulate the position of the author (storyteller). Write whether you agree or disagree with the point of view of the author of the text you read. Explain why. Argue your opinion, relying primarily on reading experience, as well as knowledge and life observations (the first two arguments are taken into account).

The volume of the essay is at least 150 words.

Work written without reference to the text read (not based on this text) is not graded. If the essay is a retelling or a complete rewrite of the original text, without any comments, then such work is graded 0 points.

Write your essay carefully and in legible handwriting.

Text 6

Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999) - philologist, culturologist, art critic, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

STEP 1. Read the text carefully.

As you read, underline words and expressions that are unclear and need clarification. If the meaning of a word or expression is not clear to you, do not use it when writing your own text. It is important that the text you read is absolutely clear.

Words and expressions that require additional explanation:

Branch of culture - direction, type, type of culture.

Hiding - hiding, hidden.

Waste - use.

Conforming - leaning on.

STEP 2. Formulate in two or three sentences one of the problems posed by the author of the text.

To do this, select, highlight in the text or formulate independent phrases that contribute to the understanding of the author’s thoughts. The problem you are going to write about must be clear to you and posed by the author of the text.

Examples of phrases from the text:

The main (but, of course, not the only) way of intellectual development is reading.

Reading, in order to be effective, must interest the reader.

Literature gives us a colossal, vast and profound experience. It makes a person intelligent, develops in him not only feelings, but also understanding - an understanding of life, all its complexities, serves as a guide to other eras and to other peoples, opens the hearts of people to you.

Determine your choice yourself, depending on the role your chosen book has acquired in the history of human culture in order to become a classic.

Examples of your own formulations:

The book does not just give a person a stock of knowledge, it teaches him an understanding of life. This is precisely the problem that D. S. Likhachev poses to readers.

- “Disinterested” reading... What is it? Is it possible today?

Can reading become a favorite pastime these days? How to choose books? What should you read about and how to understand what you read? Academician D.S. Likhachev poses these problems to us.

The text offered to us by D. S. Likhachev is interesting primarily because it explains the importance of reading in the formation and development of the human personality.

STEP 3. Comment on the formulated problem by including in the comment two illustrative examples from the text you read, which, in your opinion, are important for understanding the problem in the source text (avoid excessive quoting). Please ensure factual accuracy in your comments and do not paraphrase the text. When you give an example illustration, it should not be formal. This is where you need to demonstrate your understanding of the text.

Possible options for starting comments:

Speaking about reading, D. S. Likhachev...

To prove his point, the author of the text relies on...

STEP 4. Formulate the position of the author (storyteller) in one or two sentences.

Make sure your wording is clear. The author's position you formulate should be based on the text you read.

Possible options for starting to formulate the author’s position:

Of course, one cannot but admit that the author is right...

D. S. Likhachev focuses on the following thought: ...

STEP 5. Express your agreement or disagreement with the point of view of the author of the text you read.

Justify your position by giving 2 arguments. The first argument should be based on your reading experience. You, like the author, can cite as an argument (illustrative example) a book (books), the reading of which (which) had an impact on your intellectual, aesthetic, spiritual and moral development.

Examples of works based on which one can reveal the problem of reading and its role in human life:

G. R. Derzhavin “Monument” (1795).

A. S. Pushkin “The Desert Sower of Freedom...” (1823), “The Prophet” (1826), “I have erected a monument to myself not made by hands...” (1836), “Do I wander along the noisy streets...” ( 1829), “To the Poet” (1830), “Little Tragedies” (1830), “Eugene Onegin” (1823-1831).

M. Yu. Lermontov “Prophet” (1841), “Leaflet” (1841), “Hero of Our Time” (1838-1839).

F.I. Tyutchev “It is not given to us to predict...” (1869).

I. S. Turgenev “Singers” (1852), “Conversation” (1878), “Russian Language” (1882), “Fathers and Sons” (1862).

F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment” (1866).

L. N. Tolstoy "War and Peace" (1863-1869).

M. I. Tsvetaeva From the cycle “Poems to Blok” (“Your name is a bird in your hand...”) (1916).

O. E. Mandelstam "The sound is cautious and dull..." (1908), "Equinox" ("There are orioles in the forests, and vowels are long...") (1913), "Insomnia. Homer. Tight sails... "(1915).

W. Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet" (1595), "Hamlet" (1601).

The argument, based on your reading experience, should consist of four to five sentences and justify the advisability of using a particular literary text.

Possible options for starting an argument based on the reader's experience:

- The problem... arises in the work...

— The question of ... is traditional for both Russian and European literature. For example, …

— Thinking about ..., you can turn to the work ...

— This year I read a work in which...

— About the problem of reading...

The book can...

In books...

The second argument must be based on knowledge and life observations. You can talk about whether there has been a situation in your life when it was necessary to look at the surrounding nature with a fresh look.

An argument based on your knowledge and life observations should consist of three to four sentences and justify the reasons for your appeal to certain positions and life circumstances.

Possible options for starting an argument based on knowledge and life observations:

— Once I read (read) ...

— I noticed (drew) attention to...

- I am sure that...

- I want to tell about …

STEP 6. Writing the final sentence of an essay.

This part is necessary in order to give your own text logical completeness, compositional integrity, and to summarize your essay.

Possible options for starting the conclusion:

— After reading this text...

- I understand …

- So, …

- So, in conclusion...

For me....

STEP 7. Read carefully the sample essay based on the source text.

Pay attention to text composition, argumentation and comments.

An example of an essay on this text, taking into account the above recommendations:

Can reading become a favorite pastime these days? How to choose books? What should you read about and how to understand what you read? These problems are posed to us by D. S. Likhachev. Speaking about reading, the author gives specific advice that is worth listening to. The author’s persuasive, passionate intonation is conveyed using a variety of means of expression, including tropes: metaphors (“serves as a guide to other eras and to other peoples, opens the hearts of people to you”), epithets (“greatest value”, “colossal, vast and deep experience"). The author seeks to attract the reader's attention by talking about his literature teacher, who during the Great Patriotic War opened the world of books to his students, “knew how to read, ... knew how to explain what he read, laugh ..., admire something, be surprised at the art of a writer.” The author’s position is fundamental: books are necessary for a person, as they influence his intellectual, spiritual, moral, and artistic development.

A well-chosen book can change a person. As an example, I propose to turn to the unique, charming image of Tatyana Larina, created by A. S. Pushkin on the pages of the novel “Eugene Onegin”. The heroine turned out to be unlike anyone else, since books had a huge influence on her: it was thanks to them that Tatyana became the “sweet ideal” of the poet.

I noticed (drew) attention to the fact that those of my friends who read little have a poor vocabulary. The children have difficulty finding synonyms and replacing the spoken phrase. I feel sorry for them: they are depriving themselves of the intellectual pleasure that only a book can give.

After reading the text written by D.S. Likhachev, I was once again convinced (convinced) of the correctness of my professional choice: to become a journalist.

STEP 8. Write your own version of an essay on this text, using the recommendations and sample. Watch your wording. Avoid repeating phrases and thoughts. Take your time. Make sure you spell words correctly and use punctuation marks correctly. If you are in doubt about the spelling of a particular word, select synonyms and change the wording. If you are in doubt about the punctuation mark, reformulate the phrase.

Russian language: 20 versions of essays based on the text read to prepare for the unified state exam / N.A. Mironov. — Moscow: AST Publishing House, 2017

The role of literature in the life of one person and in the history of all mankind is very great, it is difficult to overestimate it.

It is the problem of the role of books in human life that the Soviet and Russian philologist, art critic and author of the text I read, Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, reflects on.

The aesthetic problem put forward by Dmitry Sergeevich is especially relevant in our time. Many people now prefer to watch TV rather than read a book. And this cannot but cause anxiety in the writer (sentences 22 and 23). This situation occurs due to “disinterested” reading, that is, such reading when a person reads what supposedly needs to be read or what is fashionable. But if he finds the book that he likes, the one that he chose himself, he will understand that reading is much more interesting than watching television (sentence 24).

Likhachev is deeply convinced that literature makes a person intelligent and developed. He encourages us to read more, but not just for the sake of it, but with the greatest interest.

To prove my point, I will give an example from fiction.

The main character of Jack London's "Martin Eden" was greatly influenced by literature. From an uneducated sailor he grew(??) into a famous writer. And, of course, books helped him on this difficult path of life.

Let me give you another example. Books serve not only as a source of various information, but also as an assistant in the formation of a person’s moral qualities. So, for example, Andrei Bolkonsky from the work

L. N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" books helped in the search for the meaning of life and oneself.

Thus, we can conclude that a book is man's best friend.

Option 2

“Reading is the best teaching,” wrote A. S. Pushkin back in 1822. But even today this statement remains undeniable. Books are still loved and revered among intelligent people.

Academician D.S. Likhachev discusses the problem of the influence of books on a person’s personality in one of the chapters of his work “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful.”

The author treats literature with love and respect. Being an intelligent person, Dmitry Sergeevich is confident that a good book can not only interest a person, but also influence him in the best way. According to the writer, “literature gives us a colossal, extensive and profound experience of life.” Dmitry Sergeevich encourages young people to read, to comprehend life with the help of books, because they are the ones who “make a person intelligent.”

I completely share Dmitry Sergeevich’s position. Indeed, books, like nothing else in the world, can influence a person’s personality.

It is worth remembering the sailor Martin Eden from the novel of the same name by D. London. The books transformed the protagonist from a half-educated sailor into a budding writer. He achieved the heights he aspired to, largely thanks to reading. And it was literature that helped Martin destroy the barrier dividing society into classes.

I believe that the influence of a book can be both beneficial and destructive. I found confirmation of this idea in O. Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” The vile and immoral Sir Henry decides to have fun: to liken the pure-hearted young man Dorian to himself. And this nightmarish transformation begins with reading the book that Sir Henry recommended to the young man. The pages of this psychological sketch played a fatal role in the life of the protagonist: it was this terrible book that made Dorian lose all understanding of the boundaries of reason. This was followed by the moral decay of the hero...

To summarize, we can confidently say that the book not only occupies an important place in a person’s life, but also takes a direct part in shaping his worldview.

Option 3

D. S. Likhachev is a famous Soviet and Russian philologist, art critic, and screenwriter. His works instill in us a reverent attitude towards books. What is the role of books in a person's life? This is the problem that D.S. Likhachev raises in the proposed text.

Many heroes of works become ideals for us, and we try to fully correspond to them. From books we learn about events that happened hundreds of years ago. Books make people intelligent and wise.

Literature played a huge role in the development of the main character of A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”. During her life, Tatyana Larina read a huge number of books. They instilled in her a love for the Motherland and nature, firmness of conviction and wisdom, and loyalty to loved ones. Thus, Tatyana, even in her youth, began to understand life and was able to overcome all its difficulties.

Another book lover is Arthur Gray from A. Green’s work “Scarlet Sails”. It was from books that he learned about captains and sailors. Gray wanted to be like these people in every possible way. Thanks to reading, the hero was able to choose the right path in life and realize his dream.

After reading the text, I come to the following conclusion: books are the most valuable source of knowledge, a guide to life for everyone. Therefore, let us also turn to the works of great authors more often.

Letter Eleven

About careerism

"Letters about the good and the beautiful"

A person develops from the first day of his birth. He is focused on the future. He learns, learns to set new tasks for himself, without even realizing it. And how quickly he masters his position in life. He already knows how to hold a spoon and pronounce the first words.

Then, as a boy and a young man, he also studies.

And the time has come to apply your knowledge and achieve what you strived for. Maturity. We must live in the present...

But the acceleration continues, and now, instead of studying, the time comes for many to master their situation in life. The movement proceeds by inertia. A person is always striving towards the future, and the future is no longer in real knowledge, not in mastering skills, but in placing oneself in an advantageous position. The content, the real content, is lost. The present time does not come, there is still an empty aspiration to the future. This is careerism. Internal anxiety that makes a person personally unhappy and unbearable for others.

Letter Twelve

A person must be intelligent

A person must be intelligent! What if his profession does not require intelligence? And if he could not get an education: did the circumstances turn out that way? What if the environment doesn’t allow it? What if his intelligence makes him a “black sheep” among his colleagues, friends, relatives, and simply prevents him from getting closer to other people?

No, no and NO! Intelligence is needed under all circumstances. It is necessary both for others and for the person himself.

This is very, very important, and above all in order to live happily and long - yes, long! For intelligence is equal to moral health, and health is needed to live long - not only physically, but also mentally. One old book says: “Honor your father and your mother, and you will live long on earth.” This applies to both an entire nation and an individual. That's wise.

But first of all, let’s define what intelligence is, and then why it is connected with the commandment of longevity.

Many people think: an intelligent person is one who has read a lot, received a good education (and even mainly a humanitarian one), traveled a lot, and knows several languages.

Meanwhile, you can have all this and be unintelligent, and you can not possess any of this to a large extent, but still be an internally intelligent person.

Education cannot be confused with intelligence. Education lives by old content, intelligence - by creating new things and recognizing the old as new.

Moreover... Deprive a truly intelligent person of all his knowledge, education, deprive him of his memory. Let him forget everything in the world, he will not know the classics of literature, he will not remember the greatest works of art, he will forget the most important historical events, but if at the same time he remains receptive to intellectual values, a love of acquiring knowledge, an interest in history, an aesthetic sense, he will be able to to distinguish a real work of art from a crude “thing” made only to surprise, if he can admire the beauty of nature, understand the character and individuality of another person, enter into his position, and having understood the other person, help him, he will not show rudeness, indifference, or gloating , envy, but will appreciate another if he shows respect for the culture of the past, the skills of an educated person, responsibility in resolving moral issues, the richness and accuracy of his language - spoken and written - this will be an intelligent person.

Intelligence is not only about knowledge, but about the ability to understand others. It manifests itself in a thousand and a thousand little things: in the ability to argue respectfully, to behave modestly at the table, in the ability to quietly (precisely imperceptibly) help another, to take care of nature, not to litter around you - do not litter with cigarette butts or swearing, bad ideas (this is also garbage, and what else!).

I knew peasants in the Russian North who were truly intelligent. They maintained amazing cleanliness in their homes, knew how to appreciate good songs, knew how to tell “happenings” (that is, what happened to them or others), lived an orderly life, were hospitable and friendly, treated with understanding both the grief of others and someone else's joy.

Intelligence is the ability to understand, to perceive, it is a tolerant attitude towards the world and towards people.

You need to develop intelligence in yourself, train it - train your mental strength, just as you train your physical strength. And training is possible and necessary in any conditions.

That training physical strength contributes to longevity is understandable. Much less understands that longevity requires training of spiritual and mental strength.

The fact is that an angry and angry reaction to the environment, rudeness and lack of understanding of others is a sign of mental and spiritual weakness, human inability to live... Pushing around in a crowded bus is a weak and nervous person, exhausted, reacting incorrectly to everything. Quarreling with neighbors is also a person who does not know how to live, who is mentally deaf. An aesthetically unresponsive person is also an unhappy person. Someone who cannot understand another person, attributes only evil intentions to him, and is always offended by others - this is also a person who impoverishes his own life and interferes with the lives of others. Mental weakness leads to physical weakness. I'm not a doctor, but I'm convinced of this. Long-term experience has convinced me of this.

Friendliness and kindness make a person not only physically healthy, but also beautiful. Yes, exactly beautiful.

A person’s face, distorted by malice, becomes ugly, and the movements of an evil person are devoid of grace - not deliberate grace, but natural grace, which is much more expensive.

A person's social duty is to be intelligent. This is a duty to yourself. This is the key to his personal happiness and the “aura of goodwill” around him and towards him (that is, addressed to him).

Everything I talk about with young readers in this book is a call to intelligence, to physical and moral health, to the beauty of health. Let us live long as people and as a people! And veneration of father and mother should be understood broadly - as veneration of all our best in the past, in the past, which is the father and mother of our modernity, great modernity, to which it is great happiness to belong.

Letter twenty two

Love to read!

Every person is obliged (I emphasize - obliged) to take care of his intellectual development. This is his responsibility to the society in which he lives and to himself.

The main (but, of course, not the only) way of one’s intellectual development is reading.

Reading should not be random. This is a huge waste of time, and time is the greatest value that cannot be wasted on trifles. You should read according to the program, of course, without strictly following it, moving away from it where additional interests for the reader appear. However, with all deviations from the original program, it is necessary to draw up a new one for yourself, taking into account the new interests that have arisen.

Reading, in order to be effective, must interest the reader. An interest in reading in general or in certain branches of culture must be developed in oneself. Interest can be largely the result of self-education.
Creating reading programs for yourself is not so easy, and this should be done in consultation with knowledgeable people, with existing reference guides of various types.

The danger of reading is the development (conscious or unconscious) of a tendency towards “diagonal” viewing of texts or various types of speed reading methods.

Speed reading creates the appearance of knowledge. It can be allowed only in certain types of professions, being careful not to create the habit of speed reading; it leads to attention disorders.

Have you noticed how great an impression is made by those works of literature that are read in a calm, leisurely and unhurried environment, for example on vacation or during some not very complex and non-distracting illness?

“Teaching is difficult when we do not know how to find joy in it. It is necessary to choose forms of recreation and entertainment that are smart and capable of teaching something.”

“Disinterested” but interesting reading is what makes you love literature and what broadens a person’s horizons.

Why is TV now partially replacing books? Yes, because TV forces you to slowly watch some program, sit comfortably so that nothing disturbs you, it distracts you from your worries, it dictates to you how to watch and what to watch. But try to choose a book to your liking, take a break from everything in the world for a while, sit comfortably with a book, and you will understand that there are many books that you cannot live without, which are more important and more interesting than many programs. I'm not saying stop watching TV. But I say: look with choice. Spend your time on things that are worth spending. Read more and read with greater choice. Determine your choice yourself, depending on the role your chosen book has acquired in the history of human culture in order to become a classic. This means that there is something significant in it. Or maybe this essential for the culture of mankind will be essential for you too?

A classic is one that has stood the test of time. With him you won't waste your time. But the classics cannot answer all the questions of today. Therefore, it is necessary to read modern literature. Don't just jump at every trendy book. Don't be fussy. Vanity makes a person recklessly spend the largest and most precious capital he has - his time.

Letter twenty-six

Learn to learn!

We are entering a century in which education, knowledge, and professional skills will play a decisive role in a person’s destiny. Without knowledge, by the way, which is becoming more and more complex, it will simply be impossible to work and be useful. Because physical labor will be taken over by machines and robots. Even calculations will be done by computers, as well as drawings, calculations, reports, planning, etc. Man will bring in new ideas, think about things that a machine cannot think about. And for this, a person’s general intelligence will be increasingly needed, his ability to create new things and, of course, moral responsibility, which a machine cannot bear. Ethics, simple in previous centuries, will become infinitely more complex in the age of science. It is clear. This means that a person will have the most difficult and complex task of being not just a person, but a person of science, a person morally responsible for everything that happens in the age of machines and robots. General education can create a person of the future, a creative person, a creator of everything new and morally responsible for everything that will be created.

Teaching is what a young man now needs from a very young age. You always need to learn. Until the end of their lives, all the major scientists not only taught, but also studied. If you stop learning, you won’t be able to teach. For knowledge is growing and becoming more complex. We must remember that the most favorable time for learning is youth. It is in youth, in childhood, in adolescence, in adolescence that the human mind is most receptive. Receptive to the study of languages (which is extremely important), to mathematics, to the assimilation of simple knowledge and aesthetic development, which stands next to moral development and partly stimulates it.

Know not to waste time on trifles, on “rest”, which sometimes tires more than the hardest work, do not fill your bright mind with muddy streams of stupid and aimless “information”. Take care of yourself for learning, for acquiring knowledge and skills that only in your youth you will master easily and quickly.

And here I hear the young man’s heavy sigh: what a boring life you offer our youth! Just study. Where is the rest and entertainment? Why should we not rejoice?

No. Acquiring skills and knowledge is the same sport. Teaching is hard when we don’t know how to find joy in it. We must love to study and choose smart forms of recreation and entertainment that can also teach us something, develop in us some abilities that we will need in life.

What if you don’t like studying? This cannot be true. This means that you simply have not discovered the joy that the acquisition of knowledge and skills brings to a child, boy or girl.

Look at a small child - with what pleasure he begins to learn to walk, talk, delve into various mechanisms (for boys), and nurse dolls (for girls). Try to continue this joy of mastering new things. This largely depends on you. Make no mistake: I don’t like studying! Try to love all the subjects you take at school. If other people liked them, why shouldn't you like them! Read worthwhile books, not just reading matter. Study history and literature. An intelligent person should know both well. They are the ones who give a person a moral and aesthetic outlook, make the world around him large, interesting, radiating experience and joy. If you don’t like something about an item, strain yourself and try to find a source of joy in it - the joy of acquiring something new.

Learn to love learning!