I Know What Falling Off The Cliff

You Cannot Live This Life Anymore Without The Ability To Read.

One Of The Lessons Learned During The Vietnam War Was That The Depiction Of Wounded Soldiers, Of Coffins Stacked Higher Than Their Living Guards, Had A Negative Effect On The Viewing Public. The Military In Iraq Specifically Banned The Photographing Of Wounded Soldiers And Coffins, Thus Sanitizing This Terrible And Bloody Conflict.

Sometimes When Things Get Hard, We Tend To Set Our Sights On What's Hard, That Difficult Thing That Keeps Us Upset, And We Turn Our Back On Our Strengths.

We’re Suggesting That [kids Are] Missing Something If They Don’t Read But, Actually, We’re Condemning Kids To A Lesser Life. If You Had A Sick Patient, You Would Not Try To Entice Them To Take Their Medicine. You Would Tell Them, ‘take This Or You’re Going To Die.’ We Need To Tell Kids Flat Out: Reading Is Not Optional.

Cutting People Out Of Your Life Is Easy, Keeping Them In Is Hard.