读书的状态大致分为三种:一是为别人而读,二是为有用而读,三是为兴趣而读。
处在第一种状态是最痛苦的,自己本不想读,但迫于外界压力却不得不读。好多中小学生就属于这种情形。在这样的状态下,读书真是苦不堪言。有不少学生曾咬牙切齿地发誓:毕业考试一结束,一定把××书烧掉。
一些为了拿文凭、评职称而读书的亦在此列,对于他们而言,读书实在是件苦差事。
第二种是为有用而读书。处在此列的人已知书中自有黄金屋和颜如玉,已经能从烟波浩渺的书海中有所取舍,读书很有目的性,或为提高专业技术水平,或为丰富知识,学电脑的看电脑书籍,学文学的看小说,当老师的读教育心理,做生意的看经济,搞行政的读政治、管理……为获得某方面的知识而读书,以具备养家糊口的基本技能,凭真才实学立足于社会。
第三种是为兴趣而读书,这是读书的自觉状态,更是一种境界。不为有用,只因喜欢,这些读者把读书当作生存的基本需要,读书已和吃饭睡觉一样必不可少,三日不读书,则自觉面目可憎,心里就空虚、失落、不踏实。
Those who read to get diplomas or professional titles also fall into the first category. For them, reading is really a terrible grind.
The second category read for utility. People belonging in this category aware that they can benefit a lot from books and they can make selection among the vast sea of books. They have a clear purpose of either improving their professional skills or enriching their knowledge. For instance, those who major in computer science read computer books, those who study literature read novels. teachers read educational psychology, businessmen read economics, and administrators read politics and management…They read for obtaining knowledge in a certain field so as to support their families and establish themselves in the society with real learning.