I'm just curious by nature, and constantly have to figure out how things work. Reading has always been as natural to me as speaking. Writing on the other hand I never had a skill or desire for.
I find it fascinating that Franklin was your motivation. You took your calling seriously, and your writing shows it. Your descriptive, no-nonsense style of writing should be the rule, sadly, it's the exception.
As a middle-schooler I used to get The Weekly Reader. I wonder if they were the same publication?
