Word: readings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smartest girl I know can't read. She can't ride a bike without training wheels or count to 100. She can't concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds. Sitting still is a task. Trapped by language, she speaks in fragments where her thoughts come out as indistinguishable hodgepodges of sound. She used to speak with more clarity, but she is frustrated that in her 14 years of life, she has had so many ideas, dreams and opinions that she could not express in words...
...Really, a capella groups, Final Clubs, sports--it's exactly the same. What we need is a whole lot of Sherris at this school. People with a strength of heart as well as a strength of mind. Yes, the smartest girl I know can't read. She can't read words, but she can read emotions. She can read friendship. She can read love...
Clinton also proclaimed her support for Reach Out and Read, the Boston-based national literacy program that benefited from the $250 each guest paid to attend the event...
...Boston Medical Center pediatricians, Reach Out and Read advocates exposing children to books early and often. The group helps distribute books to children during their visits to doctors for routine check-ups across the country...
...Clinton] has done a lot for us," said Perri E. Klass '78-'79, Reach Out and Read's medical director. "She's a person of remarkable vision and intelligence...