Have you ever wanted to stay home and watch movies all day instead of going to a boring day at school? There is a certain man who did everything in his power to acquire at least the partial knowledge that most people take for granted today. From a selection from "Learning to Read and Write", part of the life story of Fredrick Douglass: An American Slave (1841), Fredrick Douglass recounts the difficulties he overcame to learn to read and write . In addition to being taught the alphabet by his mistress (Mrs. Hugh), Douglass taught himself from an early age to read and write. Since his mistress had abandoned her teaching under the direct influence of her husband, Douglass made friends with the "poor white children" by offering to meet my instructor once a week to drop off my work and ask him questions. questions, if applicable. week. This program gave me great flexibility to manage my schedule according to my own standards. For example, I could now choose for myself when I would start my day and when I would start finishing my workload for the week. Although not going to school every day was fun, I quickly realized that I was lonely because of the lack of social interaction and decided to fill that void with books. I was drowning in stories of teenagers while I went on adventures myself and was energized by the enormous obstacles they were forced to overcome to save the world. Just imagining those years of my life without all those experiences I had in books is impossible, the past would be dull and boring if I played games all day. For Douglass and me, books offered a new perspective on life. He discovered that slavery was not the only option available to him in this life, and discovered that there is more to life than socializing with others.