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Gloria Marlow
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 03:54 pm: |   |
Okay, since we are a bunch of writers, I suppose this is a somewhat silly question, but I am doing a persuasive essay on the importance of reading, especially in childhood. I thought you would be the ideal group to ask. So, if any of you have any opinions on how important reading is to you or how important you think it is to children or whatever you would like to say, PLEASE tell me. Of course, you can't mind if I quote you in my paper. 
Thanks for any help you can give.
Gloria |
laurelj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 04:53 pm: | |
My mother started me reading long before kindergarten, also writing at an early age. I was the oldest child. By the time my siblings came along her married life was a nightmare and all her energy went into staying alive and protecting her children. Now this is by no means scientific PROOF of anything - and God knows I am not bragging so please don't think I am - but of four children I have the highest IQ, the best vocabulary, the more positive outlook on life, and the most confidence in general. I attribute that to reading, to visiting other countries and lifestyles in the written word, and to allowing myself to dream about the things I read in books.
Laurel Johnson |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 07:40 pm: | |
Gloria,
A book is the most precious of all the gifts a person can give to a chid. When I was 6 years old an aunt of mine gave the the Winnie the Pooh "When we are Six" set of books for my birthday, and they opened up so many doors for me. Then the next year she gave me a book titled "Kinship with All Life" by J. Allen Boone, and that just kept me going. Reading was always my favorite passtime throughout my youth, and in high school I would sit in the front of the rows of desks and always be reading a novel or some other such book, "Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead, Call of the Wild, Of Mice and Men," etc, and my teachers would just sort of get a knowing grin on their faces when I was sitting there reading when they were lecturing. They would ask me questions and I wouldn't even look up, but would answer them in class and get A's on the tests that they gave, so not one of them ever told me to put my book away. I think that they knew that I was learning more through those books than they could ever teach me in that limited environment. Books were my savior and my lifeline. They taught me that there are always different sides to everything that is presented in life. They taught me to look inside myself and find that which made me hungry (for knowledge) and that which made me want to search more. They answered questions that I had without my knowing I had the questions. A book is the greatest gift that anyone could ever give and the importance of reading stems from that learning to interpret and use that gift.
From my perspective only...... 
Claudia |
Vickie Adkins
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 07:57 pm: | |
Gloria,
If you're going to succeed at anything, you first must learn to read. I read to my children before they were born, and they all love to read to this day. My oldest daughter averages about 4 novels a week, usually reading nonstop once she gets started.
Reading promotes knowledge, creativity, and emotions, -things that we are not born with, but have to nurture.
I love to read because it allows me to escape into another world. I get lost and have to discipline myself or I would never get anything done.
Best,
Vickie |
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