In 1989 my grandmother would pick me up from elementary school and take me to her house. She would make me half of a sandwich and bowl of Campbell's soup. I would eat it and then she would help me complete my maths and other assignments. Between completion of homework and the looming pick of from my mother, we would settle in front of the television and play the Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. To understand the map we took 50+ 8.5x11 pieces of paper and drew every single frame of the map and taped them all together in a giant, fold out Rand-McNally map and would study it day and night. I learned to read from that game. I learned patience, art, love, family, and comfort. Thank you Nintendo, the love I bear thee is roars like a loving maelstrom.
In 1989 my grandmother would pick me up from elementary school and take me to her house. She would make me half of a sandwich and bowl of Campbell's soup. I would eat it and then she would help me complete my maths and other assignments. Between completion of homework and the looming pick of from my mother, we would settle in front of the television and play the Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. To understand the map we took 50+ 8.5x11 pieces of paper and drew every single frame of the map and taped them all together in a giant, fold out Rand-McNally map and would study it day and night. I learned to read from that game. I learned patience, art, love, family, and comfort. Thank you Nintendo, the love I bear thee is roars like a loving maelstrom.