Throughout my Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, I wasn't that super-intelligent boy who passes exams but one thing was certain, I was among the best in all my classes when it comes to comprehension, public reading and stuff. Do you know why? My mother who wasn't even a secondary school graduate trained us by herself to read and write. I still can't say how she did that but I know that she wasn't doing it out of convenience, it took her energy and time.
This episode is also available as a blog post:
https://georgennad.wordpress.com/2022/05/04/growing-up-writing-and-my-mother/
