Read a Book... And Write in It

As a student, my classmates were advised NOT to WRITE in our curriculum. This, we were told, was that before the end of the school year, we would have to return our books to our teachers for review. If we happen to be good students and our books are in good condition and if we do not hit them hard, we can return the books without incident and without penalty from our parents. Obviously, we have never found a respectable culture of literature anywhere and there was a direct - and vague - amount of teachers who used to monitor all of this.

This has done a wonderful - and sadly - amazing thing. Books and instruction were thoughts that were not purified and were not understood. Our doled writing is something we did not want to miss, especially the fear of dirt and uselessness. Leaving a text, or taking notes, and you know, really reading, these books were tabs - no entries, no missing pencil marks, and certainly no results appearing.

Do you remember Robin Williams' famous experience at the Dead Poets Society where he taught his students to destroy their books? That would be a good example.

As you can imagine, this professional program established protection in writing. Books should not have been made of them - they should have been feared. They were not my friends. They were important to the machine - the school. Show me that I can’t “play” with them, they were actually not mine, and they were with me for a while. I was not theirs; they were on loan.

How did this affect me?

Aside from the tasks I was given, I did not spend much time alone, without comic books and, finally, Pro Wrestling magazines. The magazines, still in style distribution by New Sports City from New York City, were full of stunning and terrifying images and were written with a sense of humor because of Pro Wrestling. With those magazines, I had the opportunity to remove some pictures to make collections of young men who would strike them. I could even leave out specific worksheets or fill out the fan selection where the editors used that method to keep their readers completely locked inside. These magazines were mine. My mother even went on to earn me a subscription to a large number of those magazines anywhere, earning me a lot at the news store. I remember, at that moment, informing my friend that "he was just happy that Michael was getting the hang of anything."

In the meantime, the "real" books - fictional, authentic in life, soft cover, tight cover - remain open to me. By associating “real” books with school, I showed that I could not, or decided not to move, in my feelings of fear and distance myself from many human books. There is no King of the Rings set of three for me. No Harry Potter.

I did not participate in dream books or forums of any kind.

Often, my youth was my first Pro Wrestling magazine or the aforementioned books, especially the neglected books.

It is sad, and disappointing, to look at what images and information I have lost.

However, I somehow became a writer. Moreover, in one way or another, I have finally begun to communicate with books. I think it was there by acting and making films. Taking on this job drives me into a lot of internal and external speech books. In addition, to give them credit, many fruitful Pro Wrestlers started composing their own souvenirs. Wrestling champions Mick Foley and Diamond Dallas Page both combined volumes full of jokes and pictures that helped me learn "anything."

However, I did not write in the book until a few years ago. A friend of mine named Harrison Condit gave me a book entitled Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. The book begins with a series of clever questions that require the user to actually write the book itself. I can't handle it! I continued to do as Mr. Slope taught. Also, will you be able to trust it? I did not go into "disruption."

For now? Features, pen stamps, and taking notes are important to my reading experience. I feel like I’m paying for some of the latest obstacles

Few books are protected from this, like picture books, obviously.

Be as realistic as possible, to everyone else? Light a fire. Good game!

Write in your books. They are yours.