Learning to Read
I love reading.
There's nothing amazing about that. Most writers first started writing because they loved reading. What I do find strange is this: I have no memory of learning to read. You would think that such a monumental experience in my life would be a vivid memory. At least the aha! moment when arbitrary symbols suddenly acquired meaning would be etched in my mind.
I do remember first grade reading class with Dick and Jane--or rather, since I went to Catholic school, John and Jean. The Catho...
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A.C.
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Oct 09, 2024 06:21AM
I remember going to the library, as a child, with my older brothers. They got their library cards. But the woman at the counter said I was too young to get a library card - by a year. The next year I got my library card and have had one ever since.
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Andrew wrote: "I remember going to the library, as a child, with my older brothers. They got their library cards. But the woman at the counter said I was too young to get a library card - by a year. The next year..."How young was too young?
