Subject: Something surprising about you
Posted by: Mixamatosis
Date: Sep 03 17
Has something ever surprised you about yourself? I've never liked jazz, but recently I've found myself liking some jazz music. That surprised me.
Does anyone else have any any surprises about themselves to relate?
Posted by: Mixamatosis
Date: Sep 03 17
Has something ever surprised you about yourself? I've never liked jazz, but recently I've found myself liking some jazz music. That surprised me.
Does anyone else have any any surprises about themselves to relate?
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UmberWunFayun 
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'Special' is one word for it, I guess, haha! I got used to being called 'weird' from a very young age. I soon learnt that it didn't have to be a bad thing; for a start, it meant I was free to be myself and not worry about anyone else's opinion, since I was going to be called 'weirdo' whatever I did. My mum is amazing, she taught me to read and write when I was 2. By the time I started school I was writing in cursive and reading adult books. She used bookcases to section off a portion of my bedroom and made me a little library corner with a reading chair and piles of books. She's the best! Reply #21. Apr 16 19, 4:54 AM |
Cymruambyth
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I was the youngest person ever to hold a Birmingham Pubic Library card. I was four and i had to take a reading test to get it because the librarians didn't believe my mother when she told them I could read. I read Charles and Mary Lamb's version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to them and they were very impressed. Reply #22. Apr 16 19, 1:38 PM |
| Cymruambyth
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Oops, that should be PubLic Library, of course. I don't think Brum has a Pubic Library, but I haven't been in Brum since 1952, so I could be wrong. Reply #23. Apr 16 19, 8:59 PM |
| UmberWunFayun
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Wow, that's impressive! Although I don't know why they thought you'd want a library card if you couldn't read, people are so silly sometimes. I had the same thing with my teachers; when I started school, I read all the books in the class library in the first couple of weeks, and started bringing in my own. The first one was Watership Down, and they had me write a report after I read it to prove I had understood what I'd read. After that, I was allowed to bring in whatever books I wanted. It kept me quiet. Keeping me quiet was definitely a good thing. Reply #24. Apr 16 19, 11:08 PM |
Mixamatosis
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Wow, both of you. That's precocious. I used to read a lot. I'd get 5 books at a time from the public library (also in Brum) and when it was time for them to go back I'd take another 5. I also read books from the school library but I didn't read as early as you two. I read at the 'normal' time I think. I was nearly 5 when I went to school and in the first year we learned the letters of the alphabet and how to pronounce them. We learned to start reading books in the following year when I was 6. By the time I was 9 I was reading and enjoying Sherlock Homes and the Iliad and the Odyssey, from the school library. The importance of school libraries and public libraries seems to have gone down now. Reply #25. Apr 17 19, 2:46 PM |
| Mixamatosis
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Cymruambyth. I should have responded to your statement that you don't think Brum has a public library. It has lots of libraries but the most famous is in the city centre. It used to be a large impressive Victorian Building but they replaced it some years ago with a modern building. Reply #26. Apr 12 20, 1:20 AM |
MiraJane
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Mix, Cym knows about the public library. She made a typo in her first post and left the L out of public. It was the minus L type library Cym wrote she didn’t know if it existed. Reply #27. May 12 22, 5:44 AM |
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