Friday Flashback - Cheater?

(This post was written a few months ago...)

In fifth grade there was a reading contest and I was blowing people out of the water apparently.  One day, Mrs. McCormick pulled me into the closet that adjoined two classrooms and asked if I was cheating on the competition.  I, of course, had not been cheating, and told her, 'no.'

I then explained that I just read really fast, we weren't allowed to watch very much Television at our house, and sometimes I would sneak books to bed and read under the blankets with a flashlight. 

Basically the same thing happened again in sixth grade. 

Remember, if I had a super power it would be speed reading... 

Sometime this summer we were reading scriptures with the family, and Trevan was reading, and we had to keep getting after him for skipping words, (like, 'the,' and 'an' and 'is').  It hit me later that night what was going on and I told John that Trevan has already started speed reading. 

This past week, Trevan bought home his first fiction "chapter book" from the library (remember he only likes non-fiction), and it was a Captain Underpants book.  He sat down and read it in way less than an hour.  When he told me he finished the book, I was very skeptical and made him tell me about it.  Then, he wanted to show me the cartoon pictures and tell me about certain parts he liked - then I realized he actually did read it. 

I accused my son for the same thing that I'd been accused of which made me have a flashback to standing in that closet with Mrs. McCormick explaining that I like to read - a lot - and fast.