I have been reading ever since I could remember. I was read to when I was little as well. I do not recall learning to read, only that when my mother sat me down to start learning how to read, I already knew how. All throughout elementary school, I participated in the Accelerated Reader (also called AR) program. I loved it because you would read books, and then takes quizzes on those books. Depending on your score, you would accumulate points, and those points could be used to buy things from the AR store. They had everything: speakers, Xbox games, CDs, pens, pencils, everything. You could even purchase the privilege of being principal of the day. But the best part of the entire program was that when you reached 300 points, the secretary would
