TITLE: THE THREE R’S

To the fifty year old and younger followers out there, the Three R’s are not associated with todays world of Acronyms. Examples: OMG ( oh! my God), IDK (I don’t know), LOL ( laught out loud), JK (just kidding), TYSM (thank you so much), NP (no problem), NBD ( no big deal), LMK ( let me know), and finally TMI ( to much info.) Whew!! Where was I?

In my day ( almost before electricity) the day you walked into your first grade class two things happened, you learned your teachers name and the Three R’s. Even though two were mispelled it was as follows: Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic. As clumsy as it sounds, those three words have stuck with me like fleas on a junkyard dog. Of course as you progressed in school you cherry picked the “R” that appealed to you. Todays math drives me into a frenzy as it did then, so Reading and Riting appealed to me. I still count the months of the year on my fingers. Not to embarrass myself I do place my hands under my legs when counting on my fingers.

Of the three R’s, reading and riting were my two life lines. For me these two R’s allowed the opporunity put myself in the moment wheather reading a novel or piecing together an eassy for an English class. At this time (sounds the horns) I would like to offer my contributio to the world of todays acronyms, HRS. According to a recent survey by whomever “they” are, we retain 10% of what we hear, 20% of what we read and 80% of what we see. We can all agree to disagree with this survey, which I do. To me retention for an individual can be a slippery slope. You have heard the old adage, ” monkey see monkey do”, photographic memory-ability to recall in great accuracy, and for the mathematician, pi r-squared equal to? Of the three R’s, feel free to pick your poison.

I want to end this madness with three simple questions: 1. Did the doctor tell me to take two pills every four hours, or four pills every two hours. When all else fails READ the directions. 2. Can the world as we know it learn without being able to READ and comprehend? If so according to the afore mentioned survey, books will become null and void in the near future. 3. Without a cheat peek what does the acronym TYSM refer too? If you got it correct without looking, welcome to the 20%.

Be safe