Sweet Valley High and other old school books

I went home to help my mama get rid of some stuff and look what she found! Right before my eyes were my books from the past! 

How many of you remember Teen Witch, Sweet Valley High, Girl Talk and all of those books from the 80s and 90s? Oh my goodness! I was so tickled!

I have always been an avid reader, so this is just a testament of it.  Seeing all of these books took me way back! Growing up I was a combination bookworm and tomboy. I was both silly and serious. 

That being so, I had friends who ran the gamut in personalities and cultures. I remember my friends S.A., C.C. and I would exchange books and talk about them. I guess we had our own little book club going.

S.A. just so happens to be Caucasian. I bring this up because of a question I was asked this week. A young lady asked me how it was for me going to college with a lot of Caucasian people. For me it was no different than any other time in my life.

I spoke to a group of kids who were aged 5th grade to 9th grade on Thursday. We talked about being ready for high school and college and what it takes to succeed.

We talked about what was important to them and what they had to sacrifice to get it. I love talking to young people...They usually are very optimistic and less jaded. They also have a thirst for knowledge.

At these ages kids start to carve out their own paths in life and are open to the most influence. What you pour into them is what you will see come from them more often than not. 

So you have to be mindful of their influences, what they read, who they are around and the activities they participate in.