Read books!

In any city, including college towns, there will be a public library. If you didn't enjoy reading as a kid or grew up enjoying adventure novels, than college is the time to start. If your campus doesn't have a library, there are public libraries that offer the same services.

Reading is enjoyable and also has many benefits. It will help with writing and reading comprehension. Curling up with a good book at the end of a long day is a great way to relax and become captivated into another world. Books have been around since man began to learn written communication. Books where originally for the very wealthy and upper class because they had to be hand written, often times by monks. Once the printing press was invented though, the common man could learn to read and appreciate books.

'Nothing is larger than books... Nothing'

Libraries are a great place to study and absorb new information which is what the ambitious college student has as a goal. Simply read the back of the book or inside the cover to get a brief summary of what the story is about. Fiction means that the events are not true and non-fiction means that the information inside the book is true and there is a lot you can learn from both. Non-fiction books teach many trades and skills while fictional stories leave the reader to interpret the symbols and metaphors personally and apply the knowledge to their life.

Books, physical paper printed books, are going out of style with the technological era approaching and everyone using iPads or Kindles for their library. This is scary to think that iTunes may have the ability to control what books and information the public has access to. This was the cause of many wars throughout history because so much knowledge is stored in these books that they give the common man and the middle class much power. Think of the Bible if you cannot come up with any examples of how powerful and influential books and the written word have been throughout history.

As a college student reading will help writing essays and reports easier because it will improve your vocabulary. Professors can easily recognize students in their class who are readers and those who prefer to watch the Jersey Shore or other quality material on television.