Does Reading Make You Smarter

Why are we encouraged to read ever since we are little? , Have you ever noticed that most of the intellectuals always have a book with them?. Over the years many ideas and different opinions have been presented on how reading affects your intelligence, or a better way to say it, your mental capacities. There are 2 main arguments in this case, one of them says that reading does not make you actually more intelligent nor smarter, and that each person is born with the mental capabilities. The argument I support is that reading can make you smarter, and the more you read, the better. If you think about it, both sides have truth inside them, the first idea/popular opinion states that you are born with the intelligence, and that is somewhat true, but lately this have been proven wrong, because there are many factors that affect intelligence,” intelligence was viewed as a fixed innate capacity, a genetic gift from mom and dad that more or less propelled a child on their way to success in school then ultimately success in life. But it turns out, that intelligence is not as …show more content…
Even there are political leaders that devote themselves to reading, “Reading can also make you more effective in leading others. Reading increases verbal intelligence, making a leader a more adept and articulate communicator.” (Coleman) . A great example of this was Steve Jobs (R.I.P.), Former CEO of Apple, one of the actual technological companies that improve our everyday life almost every year, he had an “Inexhaustible Interest” in many books. Albert Einstein was a total enigma, he is the perfect proof on how reading can make you smarter and develop mental capabilities, when Einstein was a child, he was reported in primary school as a slow learner, and well you know how his story, he ended up becoming one of the, if not, the greatest scientist from the 20th