Book Reports. One of the most exciting days of my young life was when my parents bought two sets of the Brittanica Encyclopedia. When we moved to New York I took full advantage of the Brittanica Jr. One of my favorite things to do in 3rd grade was to write extra credit reports. Now no one had ever explained to me about plagiarism so these reports were written word for word from the encyclopedia. My topics ranged from snakes to sweet potatoes to kelp. Don't ask me why? I know I had never eaten a sweet potato at this time so maybe sweet potatoes and kelp sounded exotic to me. I would write the report in my best handwriting, and then would illustrate a cover out of construction paper. Now the fascinating thing is I'm still doing extra credit reports today. I guess my love of research started way back then with that first set of encyclopedias.
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