A Literacy - Where I’m From

I come from an empty slate of literacy learning.
A period of time where math is remembered and reading is forgotten.
I am from a school where you bonded with one teacher all afternoon,
In a country where rows of students practiced “drill the skill”.

The move back to Canada caused the belief that these kids were slow,
Reading nursery rhymes and adding double digits was child’s play
For someone who read chapter books and was multiplying and dividing.

I am Nancy Drew, Choose Your Own Adventures, Romance novels,
And stories ‘chosen’ to be literary masterpieces.

I am biology textbooks, social behavior articles and reading about Germany's rise to power in the 1930's and the subsequent destruction of human life because one's beliefs and ideologies claimed supremacy over that of others.

I am a teacher and a learner.
Someone who loves to read and wants to instill this love within students who would rather spend time watching t.v. or playing video games.

I am a librarian.
Someone who loves to read both for fun and learning.
Vampires and Werewolves take over my evenings and weekends,
While picture books about squirrels with OCD and grumpy birds take over my day.