#howtoimprovereading

In this video, I talk about something a lot of students go through — believing they’re just “not good” at certain things, especially reading.

I share my own experience of struggling with reading, feeling embarrassed by it, and how that led me to avoid it for a long time. Over time, I realized that avoiding my weakest areas was actually keeping me stuck.

Ended up finding one another

Where did you find the book- I came across it while I was cleaning up the mess in- the closet Have you ever noticed, you sometimes come across your- stuff in the unlikeliest places I know, things go missing for quite a long time and- just out of the blue, they turn up in a cubbyhole when you least expect them. It sounds weird, the other day I came across my childhood friend after 30 years. I was at this bar in downtown, and I thought I heard somebody talking to me in my mother tongue. The big, broad-shouldered guy asked me if I had gone to Jam school in Tehran. I could not believe my eyes, as it turned out we were homies back in the day, our friendship going back to the 80’s What does he do- He is the owner of the bar now.It is amazing how we drift apart and think we won’t see one another ever again but it turned out, we immigrated to the same country and ended up finding one another in the same city, after 30 years written by: Mohammad Sadegh Balouchi

Glossary To Come across: To find or meet by chance To come across as(like): To appear in a certain way I did not want to come across as a rude person He may come across like a bully, but he is a nice person   The unlikeliest: The most improbable Out of the blue: At a completely unexpected time To turn up: To appear; to be found Cubbyhole: Cubicle; hole; den; compartment To drift apart: To lose personal contact gradually Homie: Homeboy, close friend

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