National Reading Month
March is National Reading Month.
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Abraham Lincoln |
I must confess I didn't know there was a National Reading Month. I thought every month was a reading month. For me, every day is a reading day. And I'm sure that many, if not all, of the folks who read my blog are avid readers.
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Renee Fleming |
National Reading Month is part of an effort to bring attention to the importance of reading. And I can't argue with that. We need more readers -- everywhere.
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Jeff Gordon |
Get Caught Reading provides some interesting statistics about reading in America, such as 44 million (yes, million) adults can't read a simple story to a child and more than 20 percent of adults read at a 5th grade level or below.
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Friday Night Lights |
And Scholastic.com has some enlightening statistics about student achievement and the importance of reading. You'll discover that regular reading helps mold better students, and later, more productive and responsible citizens.
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Yoda |
So if you don't have any reading materials at home (because you've read all of them), visit your library, local bookstore, or favorite Internet book site, and get a book, newspaper or magazine and start reading -- every day.
To paraphrase something Yoda might say, "Let the words be with you."
Until the next time...
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