But it was. The three words glared at her, Molly Anna Davis. The teacher came over to see what was taking her so long because most of the class was already gathering their coats, hats, and mittens, ready to hop aboard the bus. She slipped the calendar quickly into her desk, grabbed her book bag, and joined the line for the bus, mad as hell. Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Literate people appreciate what they read and understand what they write.
Robert Harmon wanted to be a carpenter. He was cajoled into working for his father s painting company, and he still works there to this day. Robert Harmon never graduated from High School. His handwriting isn t very legible, and his spelling isn t terrific. When my Mother and I moved to Western Massachusetts from Cape Cod, Robert Harmon wrote to me every week on big yellow lined paper, folded perfectly into three equal parts.