How have reading, writing and numbers changed your life? by Launceston Library Learning and Literacy https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr Click the pink plus on the bottom right to add your responses en-us 2022-10-09 22:28:32 UTC 2022-10-27 21:57:32 UTC hello@padlet.com depression and reading https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2356233788 as a sufferer of depression, I have found that the escapism provided by reading fiction has often been a wonderful tool to help cope with my depression]]> 2022-10-25 22:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2356233788 At school in the 1970s I was told I couldn't think about uni or further education because I wasn't clever enough - years later I now have three degrees and work in a wonderful job that unlocks literacy and numeracy for my community. Never say never! Hard work wins over talent when talent refuses to work hard <3 https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2356234892 2022-10-25 22:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2356234892 Launceston_Literacy https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2358053639 This is my favourite quote about reading, by famous freed slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. I think there's a reason that so many oppressive regimes dislike reading...it gives people dangerous ideas ;)]]> 2022-10-26 22:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2358053639 Launceston_Literacy https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2358056127 2022-10-26 22:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2358056127 Helping a learner develop their email writing skills https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2359723684 2022-10-27 21:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2359723684 https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2359729100 2022-10-27 21:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Launceston_Literacy/x120xee1y3bm7uhr/wish/2359729100