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Cleo read "Siddhartha" over her summer vacation. "Yeah," she said after she finished it. "I liked it."

"Was it required reading?" I asked.

"No, but some of my older friends had to read it last year and they said I should."

"That's cool," I said. Cleo's friends are very bright, too. Most went to the same bilingual preschool and speak fluent Spanish. And they all seem to have traveled to Paris and South America.

I asked to borrow the book. That's how Cleo became my literary guru.

Shortly after that I spotted "Brave New World" on the kitchen table. Figuring it wasn't her brother's or her mom's, I again queried Cleo.

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  • Posted By: erica_j @ 01/17/2008 7:41:17 PM

    Cindy, I think it was incredibly inappropriate for you to post a comment like that. I'm truly sorry for your friend and I hope she's doing better... but posting personal comments which have no relevance to this website was a poor misjudgement on your part.

  • Posted By: chowder2008 @ 01/08/2008 7:18:43 AM

    Very inspiring story. The fact that he went back to school at an older age shows character. I can imagine it being very tough and humbling. Kudos to you!

  • Posted By: rc6309 @ 12/28/2007 1:14:33 PM

    Cindy, my e-mail address is ron_cassie@yahoo.com. Would you contact me?

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