I remember “Read to Succeed” was once the theme of the activities and exhibitions organized to celebrate the work of library services for the children of Guyana.
It will always be a good theme: “Read to Succeed”. I remember reading an interview with the girl who topped the list of all West Indian students in one year’s CXC exams. When she was asked what she thought accounted for her outstanding success, she didn’t go into a long explanation of how well she had been taught at school or how hard she had studied, though I am sure these were important factors in her success. She simply said that she had done well because she had grown to love reading when she was very young and had read a lot ever since and she thought that had formed her mind the right way.
