I’ve always loved stories, particularly fantasy. In my opinion people can learn something from a story regardless of if it’s true or false, what matters is if it makes them feel something. No one will care about a story if they feel nothing or just don’t remember it.

I can say this with confidence because when I was a child they read stories to the children about lots of different things. I don’t remember exactly what they were about, but I know from participating in the reading program I got posters and stickers. They had frogs and snakes, which both scared me, but I kept them anyways. I have to assume this meant it was scientific to a regard, but I can only remember this all because the gifts I got and the positive feelings I felt. It helped shaped who I was as well as my future, especially with deciding what I wanted to do as a job.

I believe those comforting, fun, and exploratory lessons when I was a child is what made me want to become a librarian and to help other people. I want to lead my own program giving gifts to others they can treasure or at least remember as they grow up. These reading programs don’t have to just be for children, but as long as people can smile together over something I believe it can improve their lives. It can make someone more understanding or even just a little more excited to learn which is a wonderful thing. I want to encourage other people to read these stories to others in a library because if they encourage each other instead of hiding in isolated worlds I believe they can at least give each other something to smile about which is a wonderful thing.

References-

Amrita-art. (2023). Kids group learning reading study [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/kids-group-learning-reading-study-8316102/