<p>So I’m a junior right now and As you all Know (or atleast i hope you all do) I want to be a writer.</p>
<p>But I’ve never been an avid reader.
I didn’t start reading the classics until last year.
I still haven’t read say ANIMAL FARM or How to kill a mocking bird.</p>
<p>I have read books in the past (harry potter, percy jackson) but not much.</p>
<p>If I start reading now Will I be as good as say somebody who started reading very early on in life</p>
<p>what kind of school do you go to?</p>
<p>A public school in Alabama</p>
<p>Why shouldn’t you be able to?</p>
<p>Really–has there ever been a genetic twin of you, living in the same exact circumstances as you, who has failed? Heck maybe them failing will fill you with determination not to. Go for it. It’s quite amazing you that you want to read :).</p>
<p>Actually i have the same concern as the OP and i think it is a valid concern. </p>
<p>Kids who read starting from a younger age have developed their comprehension skills during those years that are crucial to development. In contrast, ppl like me and the OP have long passed those ages and may never be as good because we never got the fostering at such a young age.</p>
<p>Sure you can. Just because some people were raised with books from the start doesn’t mean they continue to read. Challenge yourself. Don’t pick out random books that you’ve heard about that hold no interest to you. What kind of writer do you want to be? If you want to write fiction, just have an overactive imagination and a vocabulary to match it.</p>
<p>So now, when you have kids, you will influence them greatly (as a writer) and make them supersmart babies who first read since the age of 3 weeks.</p>
<p>^^I’d like your sources? I don’t think reading comprehension development extends to being able to deeply read a book.</p>
<p>I don’t want to be a writer and what i am saying may be a bit different from what the OP is saying. By reading comprehension, I meant the skills needed for things tested on the SAT CR section. I don’t mean being “able to deeply read”, which i think means intricate analysis way above the league of the SAT CR section. People who have read from a very young age have developed their abilities to read effectively more than people who start to read avidly now, around junior-senior year of high school. The former people read at such a favorable age that their skills grew increasingly during their critical years of development. </p>
<p>Source: common sense</p>
<p>no one has any input? please…</p>
<p>god damn somebody…</p>
<p>Common sense ain’t no source meur. Need psychological studies, or else you’re making the same mistakes as Freud.</p>
<p>What did poor Freud ever do?</p>
<p>I guess you could say… Freud was a prude. XD</p>
<p>No, your reading level will never surpass that of the 10th grade. Tough luck.</p>
<p>Seriously though, it’s not like you’re permanently crippled or anything. There’s not some arbitrary cap that you can never break if you didn’t start reading early enough. If you want to get better at reading than read.</p>
<p>that’s not the issue. It’s not a matter of getting good at reading but a matter of getting good at reading COMPREHENSION.</p>
<p>There are people who excel at critical reading who seldom read. And I’m not sure how much reading helps with critical reading. It’s rather innate…and also rather important to be sufficiently good at it (in terms of being a writer).</p>
<p>Read “Why America’s Children Can’t Think” by Peter Kline. The author of this book was reading at a very low level when he was in college (he had dyslexia). But, then he took a reading class that helped him overcome his dyslexia. Writing as an older guy, he sounds really well read and well educated. You CAN be well read even if you didn’t start reading when you were two.</p>
<p>LINK: [Amazon.com:</a> Why America’s Children Can’t Think: Creating Independent Minds for the 21st Century (9781930722101): Peter Kline: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Why-Americas-Children-Cant-Think/dp/1930722109]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Why-Americas-Children-Cant-Think/dp/1930722109)</p>