What Does Santiago Learn About Alchemy?

The boy santiago, he tries to read, but he gets bored with the book quickly. And he just likes to observe, to look, to watch, to listen carefully,. To study people, to study events, to study life. The englishman kind of criticises him, a, says, you need to read more books. You will learn so much if you read more books," and they have an argument about this.