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Reason #4: GROWING READERS


Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.” Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief.
 
I was that kid in school who always had her nose in a book.  I was like that at home, too.  As an adult, I have difficulty reading during the school year because I don't read books in small chunks.  I become absorbed and read a book from cover to cover, usually in one to two sittings.  It is not unusual for me to discover that it is 3:30 a.m., on a work night, as I finish the book I've been buried in for the entire night.  I was also the kid who needed to own the books I loved.  I'm that kind of adult, too.
 
So, teaching helps feed this obsession of mine.  I get to cultivate this passion in my students.  My proudest moments as a teacher are when students have grown up and come back to tell me that I taught them to love reading...to love poetry...to love books.  Nothing makes me prouder, because learning to be a critical reader means learning to think.  And learning to think means that students will be contributing members of society. 
 
I love to read.  I love teaching students to read.  What's on your night stand right now?  What books are you passionate about?  Share!
 
 
 
 
 
                                 Mom and me: Two teachers, pre-Alzheimer's Disease. <3

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