Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest by a single bullet while at a reading table in her classroom at Richneck ... that his "pockets were too small to hold a handgun" and "did nothing." Another student then told a teacher the boy had shown him ...

My daughter “Karina” just entered first grade. Just last evening, I got a call from her teacher about her behavior. Karina reads well and is apparently well ahead of the rest of her class. I was asked if I read to her or coached her regularly.

When I was little, my mom read to me all the time. Because of her, I developed a lifelong love of books and started reading when I was quite young, jumping ahead of some of my peers. But this was a good thing. My teachers praised both of us for it.