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Book reading is a good habit. No age limit for reading. Book reading improve our knowledge.

The aged man at the desk in the illustration below tells us something essential about being a student and that is-one can be a student at any age. There is so much to learn, so it is never too late to learn.

Some very learned scientists and writers only began to pursue the study of their subject after the age of forty years! Even Gandhi, despite his busy life found time to learn a new language in his later years.

This does not mean that you have to be middle-aged to begin studying. You are amongst the fortunate ones to leave started early, so, make the best of your student years to enrich your mind and shape a future for yourself.

To be a student is to be someone who loves and respects knowledge, and makes an honest effort to acquire it.

If studying is a chore for you, then you cannot call yourself a student at all. A true student is one who is interested in books and derives pleasure from learning and gaining knowledge. Do not forget, that “knowledge loves those who love knowledge’’.

But, if studying is fun for you, then have taken the first step to become a student.

Gain or garnish all the knowledge you can, because knowledge is the power that makes grea6t men like Einstein, Sir C.V. Raman, Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore.

No student is ever too young to decide when to study. There is a time to work and a time to play. A sincere student knows how to manage both.

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was in poor family. His parents could not even afford to buy oil to light the lamps in their hut. But, this did not discourage him.

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Time is more valuable. Do any work in time, don’t postpone.

Devotees use this time for prayer and meditation. Industrious people use it for work or the other. Diligent students use it to study and there are still others who take exercise in order to remain active for the rest of the day.

Most great leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi understood the value of working at dawn. They utilized this time to organize themselves for the rest of organizes themselves for the rest of the day. It might be a good idea if you did the same.

Give yourself this time to check out your time- table and to see whether all your books are sacked correctly. May be, you would like to go over a lesson or two, so that you are thoroughly prepared for your day at school.

You will be amazed at the amount of activity there is at the crack of dawn. The butterfly flirts from flower to flower. The birds leave their nest in search of food- the boat man sets out to see for his catch while the farmer goes to plough in the filed.

Try giving yourself just an extra hour each morning-add this up and you have thirty hours in a thirty –day month! You could finish reading a book of three hundred pages, even if you read only ten pages a day!

Make it a habit to start your day early with some activity. It would be reading, gardening, exercising or just taking your dog for a walk. Whichever work you choose to do, you will find for a walk. Whichever work you choose to do, you will find yourself more energetic, alert and organized for the rest of the day.

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