My First Teacher—Mom
My mother was a big proponent of education. When I was a child, Mom taught me my ABCs and had me reading before I entered primary school. If she could, she would buy me whatever book I wanted. Mom used to play a phonics game with me too. She would say a word and I had to tell her what letter started it. She made learning fun and I came to love reading because of her effort. Most adults, when I was a little kid, wrote in cursive. I was fascinated by it because I wanted to writ