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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #literacy
Oral communication unites people in groups. Writing and reading are solitary activities that throw the psyche back on itself. ↗
They are a testament not only to the Afghans' hunger for literacy, but also to their willingness to pour scarce resources into this effort, even during a time of war. I have seen children studying in classrooms set up inside animal sheds, windowless basements, garages, and even an abandoned public toilet. We ourselves have run schools out of refugee tents, shipping containers, and the shells of bombed-out Soviet armored personnel carriers. The thirst for education over there is limitless. The Afghans want their children to go to school because literacy represents what neither we not anyone else has so far managed to offer them: hope, progress, and the possibility of controlling their own destiny. ↗
There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book. ↗
