Memoir Monday #47 - My purpose in life: To Inculcate reading habits among children

Greetings dear Hiveans!!! With a fresh week ahead comes in another set of questions by respective community. And when it comes to a topic of our choice, words just pour in.

Another interesting question hosted by @ericvancewalton for #memoirmonday. The best part of my life was while studying in school and while working in school after years. When I joined college, my favorite place was the library and its silence. Fortunately, we were blessed with a compassionate and organised librarian.

And this was how I got to pursue my career in library science, after my completion of commerce degree. I enjoyed the course throughly and completed with good grades. My first appointment as librarian was in an International school in the Middle East for Grade I to Grade 12. Here, the primary children was smart enough to read the books by themselves except for few doubts from me and the older students never bothered to clear any doubts, may be they felt it was not their cup of tea.

Now coming back to the question - my purpose in life in just one sentence. To impart or inculcate reading habits in young children.

Now, if you ask me the reason why ? Once I returned back to India, I took up the job as a librarian in a nearby school. In my place, the children of primary and secondary classes ie., fron1st to 8th grade, are more interested to read books in regional languages rather than the first language ie., English. When I made a general analysis, I found books of their choice at their age was limited compared to the Higher secondary.

My next step was to put forward the matter to the Principal and the Management of the school. The result was immediate. They co-operated by ensuring them a collection of fiction and non -fiction books, especially illustrated story books for junior level.

Somewhere deep in my heart I felt the happiness, the demand for English books increased giving way to the children to sneak every now and then to the library. I encouraged them to pick a book of their choice from the rack. And trust me this reading therapy helped me to win the hearts of voracious readers.

Its 5 years since I left the job, but even today my children come running towards me when they see me around. Its a proud moment. I feel so happy that I could inculcate reading habits in many. Infact I too miss them a lot.

The children who read a lot of good books has always proved to be a better citizen of their country.

Thankyou dear friends for your visit to my blog. The photos are my own, captured at different intervals of time.