Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[citruscurtis]

1. my Kindle so I can carry multiple books with me wherever I go;
2. my local library that is being completely renovated to provide more books;
3. the internet, where I can go and learn about anything I am interested in.

So do you read several books at a time?

 

[WLWildlife]

Reading! Reading! Reading! It is the stepping stone to EVERYTHING else in life! I struggled to read. Most days my tired mom would pull me into her lap and read to me every book I drug home from the library. Even the biographies of Abraham Lincoln that a 1st grader had no business checking out. The librarian was hesitant, but she let me borrow them and my mom dutifully read me each one. I was in 3rd grade before everything finally clicked and I started reading. I am a ferocious reader as an adult. I can't imagine a world where I couldn't read.

 

[PollyannaMom]

So do you read several books at a time?

I do! (Though I prefer paper books.) I often have a few going at once: a non-fiction or two downstairs, something "light and fluffy" upstairs for bedtime reading, and something in the car for wait times.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm very grateful our library - not just for reading, but for programs, museum passes, and all the other resources they provide.

Grateful for so many teachers over the years, who really encouraged my curiosity and interest in school, whatever the subject they taught.

And another vote for the internet - I love being able to get information right when I need it.

 

[bluecastle]

I love learning and I am constantly looking things up. (For that I am grateful for my phone!) When I was still working, my students started to ask me to look things up when we were having class discussions.

I am also a fan of Duolingo. I am re-learning Spanish that I took in HS, but I am still at the stage where when I hear someone speaking Spanish they are going too fast for me! I am also learning chess, which I have always avoided because I was convinced I would keep forgetting which way the pieces moved.

I have loved reading since the days of Dick, Jane, and Sally. Loved riding my bike to the local library and filling up my basket with books. I too am a multiple books at the same time reader. Breakfast, lunch, while watching sports on TV, and then bedtime: all different books.