Happy Friday Morning Moment
Entirely personal, and of no real interest to anyone, but my son just gave me a writing-father’s moment of joy. His fourth grade homework was to enumerate ten rights that everyone in his classroom should enjoy.
I helped, but for the last one I made an extra effort to hang back. He despaired, just a little — after all, aren’t nine rights enough?
So I asked him, “what do you think everyone in your class should have the right to do.”
“Read books,” he answered.
That’s my boy!
Image: Matthais Stom, “Young Man Reading by Candlelight,” before 1650.
September 18, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Good lad!
September 19, 2009 at 8:41 am
So, what else was on the list? My ten year old daughter has the same earnest, serious, focus on rights. When my thirteen year old was ten she did an elaborate study of gender sterotypes among kindergartners. The apple never falls far from the tree.
aimai
September 19, 2009 at 9:30 pm
One should have a right to read, and a reed to write.
September 21, 2009 at 3:18 pm
No fair! Number ten was so great, I feel cheated that you didn’t include the other nine.
A big hug to your son.
September 23, 2009 at 10:05 am
My wife and I find ourselves occasionally threatening our 2nd grade twins: “Stop reading NOW, or you lose that book for a week!” (we usually don’t stoop to this threat until WAY past bedtime).
I don’t know what we did to foster their love of reading, but I’m sure happy about it. If they’d only go to bed in a timely manner!
January 19, 2012 at 6:36 pm
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