Teachers and other adults too will tell you a lot of things you may argue with eventually – you may well have your own different ideas, and perhaps better ones. But about the importance of learning to write and read, easily and fluently, you will never argue. Such wonderful people will speak to you – to YOU – from the pages. Such adventures you will have through their telling, that you would never otherwise have! And all because the words on the page are not a puzzle but a door to many worlds. To write is delight, to read is to plant the seed of endless excitement. I promise you.
Mary Oliver
2 Comments
Earl
I completely agree! Reading with comprehension and writing with clarity is crucial. I hope that schools emphasize this importance today, but sometimes I wonder. Great impromptu portrait, Monte!
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Earl! I must admit I do not even know what the schools are doing now. I’m aware through my grandson that they no longer teach cursive in school. And now, who knows what writing assignments are being generated by the AI. It has to be frustrating for teachers.