During First Grade Literacy Block this morning (I was a visitor):
Teacher Well, why in the world is it important for us to learn how to read?
Kids It impresses the grown ups! It lets you know what the pictures mean. It tells you stuff.
Teacher Good answers! Why do you suppose it's a good idea to learn how to read really well?
Rachel* I know! I know! Reading....reading....you know, it sort of opens up a whole new world inside. You know, it's like, it's like...it's like it brings a whole new life into you."
Seriously. Amazing, yes?
*Rachel is, of course, not this perceptive student's actual name. Although these are her actual words, not dressed up....I wrote down what she said, right after she said it. (That is, after my jaw came back up off the floor....)
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