Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking to the students at Weaubleau Public Schools about the importance of literacy. I asked them to write a short paragraph explaining how literacy affects their future. I will be posting their responses in my blog. Here is the second set of responses.

Read and writing effect my future by me not being able to get a job and if I don’t get a job I won’t have money to have a house to live in. I won’t know what to buy if I can’t read the...