Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much but my parents encouraged that and it has made me part of who I am.
Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.
To challenge non-profit education programs is an exercise in futility, counter-productive and anti-educational.
(On the Read Across America Controversy)
