Ancient hieroglyphics? Masters of multiple languages? Those are deserving of high praise and status. Linguists are very important and it's hard to get there, as every language has its bad habits and similarities (as well as dissimilarities) that make it a high skill life.
Reading a book? Well, some of us are better than others but I wouldn't expect a basic skill to be deserving of high praise, unless you are a speed reader -- though not really a skill that's very easy to teach and most people seem to have it innately.
PhDs for reading ...I kid you not...I was amazed when I realised. They are mostly left brain people with no common sense
Depends on what "reading" entails.
Ancient hieroglyphics? Masters of multiple languages? Those are deserving of high praise and status. Linguists are very important and it's hard to get there, as every language has its bad habits and similarities (as well as dissimilarities) that make it a high skill life.
Reading a book? Well, some of us are better than others but I wouldn't expect a basic skill to be deserving of high praise, unless you are a speed reader -- though not really a skill that's very easy to teach and most people seem to have it innately.