Teaching Reading There are so many facets to Reading and Education. Back in the old days, college, it was one class. I remember gleams of it, but even the main idea was off base. Now, learning from the internet at Grand Canyon University, I am amazed, sometimes overwhelmed, and glad to be getting a great percentage grade, and to be strengthening myself to work for a school (or a company) as a Curriculum and Reading Coach. What it takes to be a worker is huge. It is a titanic responsibility and a gift and art. As a teacher in Los Angeles, I coined a phrase and put it on a button. It has been my personal Main Idea for years. ENGLISH---Yearn To Learn. By this I mean that the joy kids get from learning is something that gets them to come back. That intrinsic "good feeling" is a great thing. As well, yearning, truly desiring to learn, is not only a great motivation, it also is a reward in itself. Add to that the thrill teachers feel when they see the light go on. It's all worth it. March 2013. THAT is WHEN I will have my Master's Degree!!! Diane