READING PRIMER

Dick has a book.  Jane has a doll.   Spot is a dog.  See Spot run.

This is how I learned to read.  Me and every one else in early post World War II elementary school.  Dick and Jane books were the standard texts for new readers.  I think my grandchildren could read these books before they could walk.  How we ever became literate is a mystery.

I grew up in a home with no books.  Neither of my parents read anything except the newspaper.  We received no magazines in our home that I recall.  I don't think we were much different than our neighbors.  I did pick up the habit of reading the newspaper - back in the day they actually had things worth reading that you couldn't find in other places.  TV news was not at all what it is today.

I grew up watching my grandfather do crossword puzzles.  Of course, they were much too difficult for youngsters - but I kept trying.  My mother-in-law solidified my love of word puzzles.  She was a master.

Now, almost all of my reading is done on a computer screen, tablet or phone.  I can't imagine what the future in reading will be.  My guess is that the written word will become less and less important.
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