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Andrea's Story
The following is a story shared by a RIF alumna. Learn how RIF made an impact on Andrea's childhood.
Andrea's Letter:
I wanted to commend you for offering this program to
students. I am a living testimony that the RIF program is
beneficial. Since I was in elementary school, I was
tracked as the "quiet" one and placed under ESL classes. This proved to be a challenge for me because I was
actually very efficient in speaking the English language.
Since the RIF program, I committed myself to reading as
many books as possible, beginning with the first one that was
disbursed to me every three months or so. From the years
that followed, I -- as well as those tracking me in the
lower rank of the class -- began to realize my love for
learning through books and reading. By the time I reached
middle school I was taking four chapter books at a time
and reading them from the first page to the last.
Now that I am twenty and attending the University of
California Santa Cruz, I am grateful that this program
gave me the gift of reading. While studying here I am
also thankful to see the necessity that reading is for the
children and adolescents of our schools, and I am determined to see that reading remains to be as fundamental as the
day I was given my first book.
Thank you once again. Continue with your wonderful spirit for giving this gift to others. God bless you all.
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Learn how RIF has touched others:
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