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.
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Anabel, your first comments remind of many of the new students that came from other countries when I was in elementary school and your comments remind me of their frustrations when they had to sit in class and listen to a lesson that was taught to them years earlier in their home country. I definitely can relate to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series-I loved those books as well and yes let us not forget about the memories of university science textbooks and journals. I undeniably share your passion for reading books to this day and try my hardest to pass the bug to my students as well and show them fantastic power of books. I am grateful that my own son has caught the reading bug from an early age and I love reading and sharing books with him. Finally, I do agree Scaredy Squirrel does have OCD!! Thanks for the memories.
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