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I'm going to speak from a few different perspectives, as I've been a student all my life, and a teacher in many different ways. The best way to make learning fun is to engage someone's imagination. By capturing the imagination, you help to create possibilities that might never before have been there.
When I was a child, my older brother taught me to read at a young age. Now, his reasoning for doing this was, most likely, to get out of having to read to me himself, and thus get me out of his hair for a bit. But he was a wise and smart kid himself, because he always created tasks for me that engaged my imagination and kept me entertained for hours while he, of course, was able to go about his business without his younger sister hanging around. When I was 4 years old, he had a trashcan (made from one of those old decorative potato chip tins that was huge) that I wanted for my own, and I asked him if I could trade him something of my own for it. He told me he would only trade it for a 4-leafed clover, if I could find one in the backyard. He reminded me of stories about Leprechauns and the luck one could get if fortunate enough to have a 4-leafed clover. And he told me that I should think about whether I wanted the trash can, or if I would want to keep the luck for myself. Single-minded of purpose, I spend the entire afternoon in my backyard, examining each clover and counting, for counting to four was definitely child's play by this time. As the sun began sinking on the horizon, I wondered if I'd ever find the clover, but I persisted, and finally emerged victorious. The trash can was mine! My brother kept that clover for years, pressed between paper in his wallet, just to remember that his stubborn little sister would accomplish anything if she wanted it bad enough.

By the time I entered elementary school, I was so far ahead of my classmates, they weren't quite sure what to do with me. As my mother did not believe in allowing children to skip grades, the teachers essentially sent me to the library during my 2nd through 4th grade years. Oh what a grand playground this was, as you could go anywhere, do anything, be anyone within the pages of the books! And not wanting to receive such wonderful gifts without returning something, I learned the Dewey Decimal System and helped the librarian by re-shelving books. In so doing, I would see subjects I might not have looked at on my own, but which caught my attention anyway. And finally, the

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