Reading Book For Indonesian Young People

                Book is one of the resource of knowledge and information. By reading book, people can be rich of them. Many people in Indonesia like reading book but there are also many people who do not like reading book, especially young people. As we know that young people should be smart generation for theirselves, other people and even their country. One of the way to be smart and have large insight is by reading book. What will happen if they do not like reading book? Certainly there is an anxiety for that case. There are several common factors for young people who do not like reading book.

            Indonesian young people are lack of desires to know and learn something from the book. They think that all of what they have and know are enough for their life. They do not have principle to get more knowledge and information. The lessons that they get when they study in school or university are just a little part of knowledge in this world. There are still many things they have to know. For this factor, it can be solved if they have a will to change their mindset and have consciousness that reading book is important to be a rich generation of knowledge.

            In the time when they were reading book, usually they were sleepy. It occurs because they do not give more interest in the book they read. Because of that one, they are lazy to read book. This case can be solved by deciding a time and place as comfort as for them to read book. If we has a special time to read book, there is just a bit possibility to be sleepy.

            The next factor of Indonesian young people who do not like reading book is their social life. They live in family that do not have a habit for reading book. So, they consider that they do not need reading book because their family also do not do that. Beside family, they also associate with friends that do not support them to create a habit for reading book. If their social life, family and friends are like that, they shall not be like that, isn’t it? They must be brave to be different and go out from their family and friends’ habit.

            Globalization in many aspects is also a factor for young people who do not like reading book. They think there are another things that more interesting to do such as playing game, playing gadget, watching television, watching movie, use social media and many more. They are willing to spend along time just for doing those activities and just to get enjoyments. While for reading book that more important for theirselves and their life, as if they are lazy to do it. It shall be a question. Indonesian young people can accept progression of technology, but it is not fair if they forget the book later. Activities above shall be just refreshment, not to become daily activities. They have to make all of their life are balance.

            What a pity if there is no habit for reading book in life of Indonesian young people. The factors of Indonesian young people who do not like reading book above can be solved by severay ways for each factor. Indonesian young people who are lack of desires to know and learn something from the book, they have to change their mindset and have consciousness that reading book is important to be a rich generation of knowledge. For the factor they were usually sleepy when reading book, they must decide a time and place as comfort as for them to read book. For social life that not support them to like reading book, they must be brave to be different and go out from their family and friends’ habit. For the last factor, globalization in many aspects in order to they think there are another things that more interesting to do, they have to make all of those interesthing things just for refreshment, not for daily activities. They have to make all of their life are balance.

Name              : Desy Rachmawaty

Std. Number  : 113060229

Class               : 2 A