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Will Smith on reading, from his speech at the Kids Choice Awards 4/2
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From: Elliott BatTzedek <ebattzedek>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:17:32 -0400
So this is slightly off topic, but too good not to share. I found this hidden in the middle of an article on who wore what and who got slimed: Most of the winners offered brief words of thanks, but Usher and Smith delivered advice to their young fans.
"Make sure you brush your teeth, say your prayers, eat your vitamins," Usher told the audience of some 10,000 screaming youngsters at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. "You can be anything you want to be in life. All you have to do is believe in yourself." Smith insisted that the audience quiet down and listen after he accepted his award from his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Chris Rock. He encouraged the crowd to make reading a habit, telling them books contain all the answers they will ever need.
"There is no problem you can have that some person hasn't had before and solved," and then written about, he said.
Elliott batTzedek Curriculum and Collections Development Children's Literacy Initiative
Received on Mon 04 Apr 2005 01:17:32 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:17:32 -0400
So this is slightly off topic, but too good not to share. I found this hidden in the middle of an article on who wore what and who got slimed: Most of the winners offered brief words of thanks, but Usher and Smith delivered advice to their young fans.
"Make sure you brush your teeth, say your prayers, eat your vitamins," Usher told the audience of some 10,000 screaming youngsters at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. "You can be anything you want to be in life. All you have to do is believe in yourself." Smith insisted that the audience quiet down and listen after he accepted his award from his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Chris Rock. He encouraged the crowd to make reading a habit, telling them books contain all the answers they will ever need.
"There is no problem you can have that some person hasn't had before and solved," and then written about, he said.
Elliott batTzedek Curriculum and Collections Development Children's Literacy Initiative
Received on Mon 04 Apr 2005 01:17:32 PM CDT
