Cause Knowledge is Power!!!!...Cheesy But True.

We were told in class that literacy is defined as being able to read the instructions on a prescription bottle. Some of the population can and will follow these directions; they are the literate part of the population. Some cannot,they are illiterate. But those who can but choose not to are Aliterate. Sadly I fall into this category. I used to be proud went that I had gone through all my high school English courses writing essays and exams on books I had never read. Now I realize how easily I could have gotten 80's and 90's if only I read the books. But beyond the marks, I would have grown as a person. Not only would my writing and reading skills be sharper, but I would be able to express myself more clearly, and reading has the ability to expands your knowledge of the world, of people, and places and ideas and history. I realize that I have missed out on a lot. When I thought I was being clever cheating the school system, I was actually really dumb. I was only cheating myself. There is a difference between reading cause you have to, and wanting to read. My goal now is not only to read everything I get for class, but also to want to read those readings, and from there, read related and opposing readings.