Monday 7/17/2000: Read 30 pages from "Stuart Little" by 6pm
Tuesday 6/4/2001: Read pages 20-24 in the "New Yorker" magazine and summarize the article. We will sit together from 7-8:30pm when I get home.
Friday 8/2/2002: Watch the documentary on Native Americans and write about some things they made by hand. Call me at 1pm at my desk number.
My summers were magical. I got to live in a different world everyday. After second grade, I lived with a little white mouse who had been adopted into the family. After third grade, I lived in New York City as a reporter. After fourth grade, I traveled back in time to craft bow and arrows out of stone and animal sinew.
Every morning I woke up to find a list from my dad, stating chores and my daily assignment of the day. I would complain to my brother about it, but secretly, I loved my work. I felt like my opinion mattered when I was asked to read or watch something and then analyze it. I got to decode the images I saw and the words I read. More importantly, I was exposed to it all: murder, death, love, romance, missing people, culture, religion, tradition. Learning had become so interesting.
Nowadays, when I go to read an article or watch something that catches my eye, I thank my dad and all of those elementary summer school assignments that I miss so much.
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