http://seniorsnewspaper.com.au Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://seniorsnewspaper.com.au/become-an-adult-literacy-tutor/#comment-364 Sunshine Coast Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:32:53 +0000 http://seniorsnewspaper.com.au/?p=272#comment-364 We've all heard of a dog being adopted from the pound, or sending $12 a month to help a adopt an African Child, but have you ever heard of the "Adopt a Book Marker Program" well, neither did I until just the other day, and I had a good laugh when I saw it, as it was at our public library. And yes as a matter of fact, I did need a couple of book markers so, I adopted them, in other words, I picked him up and took them for free. We’ve all heard of a dog being adopted from the pound, or sending $12 a month to help a adopt an African Child, but have you ever heard of the “Adopt a Book Marker Program” well, neither did I until just the other day, and I had a good laugh when I saw it, as it was at our public library. And yes as a matter of fact, I did need a couple of book markers so, I adopted them, in other words, I picked him up and took them for free.

]]> http://seniorsnewspaper.com.au/become-an-adult-literacy-tutor/#comment-362 Sunshine Coast Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:05:22 +0000 http://seniorsnewspaper.com.au/?p=272#comment-362 One of the concepts that we often find ourselves stressing with students is the value of literacy - and the "luckiness" that they possess because they have the opportunity to become literate. Rather than the drudgery that they sometimes believe it to be, becoming literate is a prize - a treasure - and worth the sacrifice that it sometimes takes. One of the concepts that we often find ourselves stressing with students is the value of literacy – and the “luckiness” that they possess because they have the opportunity to become literate. Rather than the drudgery that they sometimes believe it to be, becoming literate is a prize – a treasure – and worth the sacrifice that it sometimes takes.

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