This is so inspiring, @agmoore. I think it's easy for people to give up on reading, or learning, or school, if it doesn't seem to resonate in the early years. But there are so many opportunities for things to click. Kids need something or someone to inspire them and provide that avenue forward. Thankfully you had both!

It was the first time anyone explained to me that words could be logical. Logic works really well with me. It's my language. It's the reason I would fall in love with geometry one day. It's the reason I excelled at sentence diagramming in middle school.

You and I have always connected about literature, and now I know that we are a kind of yin and yang. I wish I was adept at that technical side of it. I have a natural ear for grammar, but if required to diagram a sentence, I would prefer a hot poker in the eye! It just goes to show you that that are several good ways to approach this craft!