"School made us 'literate' but did not teach……" — Ambeth R. Ocampo

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• Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,… — Margaret Atwood
• I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people… — Margaret Atwood
• Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison
• Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. — W. E. B. Du Bois
• A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed… — Daniel J. Boorstin
• To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. — Edmund Burke
• The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. — William Ralph Inge
• You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. — George W. Bush
• Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience… — Angela Carter
• Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and… — Maya Angelou
• Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. — Kofi Annan

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