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Why do I love reading? I
love
history! I wouldn’t love history without books. I wouldn’t know that even though General Robert E. Lee hated slavery, he became the head
confederate General. This is because his home state, Virginia, joined the
confederacy and he didn’t want to fight against his home state. Most
importantly I can imagine myself doing what I am reading in the book, like
fighting against the Nazis or being a probation enforcer and dumping beer in
the streets. Also, I wouldn’t know anything about Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs.
From reading, I discovered that Hernando Cortés entered Mexico in 1519 and destroyed Mayans
and Aztecs, but Mayans resisted until 1542. And Francisco Pizarro entered Peru
in 1532 and destroyed the Incas. I wouldn’t know all the US presidents and
their biographies. For example, I learned that Abraham Lincoln had only one
year of formal schooling and mostly self-educated himself. I wouldn’t know
about the Californian Gold Rush of 1849 or that before the Gold Rush only about
800 people lived in San Francisco. I can only hope my name will end up in one
of the books I read.
- Edward K., Fourth Grade
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