Today (Nov 18) I am grateful for an education and all my teachers.  Someone, somehow, somewhere in my early years, I got hooked on reading.  I know it had to be a teacher somewhere.  I can remember that in 4th grade I was already reading at the high school level.  The more books the better.  I'm still that way - The last few years I have averaged roughly a minimum of 80 books a year.  So now that is my yearly goal.