My parents keep all of my report cards in a lockbox in their bedroom. Some time ago, I was creeping in there for something and got detoured down Memory Lane for a while with the report cards.
The elementary report cards are my favorites, because the teacher wrote things on the back. One of the things that I read was that I needed to continue practicing how to read a map because that was an area in which I was struggling.
Fast forward twenty years and I just fire up Google Maps on my phone and I’m ready to go! The days of reading an actual paper map are coming to a close, I believe. If only they knew that in elementary school, maybe I could have been taught more useful skills, such as small talk and how not to be so awkward.
For the record, I can now read a map. I once guided my friend to a location 4 hours away only by map. I also guided my husband on a couple of road trips by atlas alone. I also once guided my husband to go around the same roads like five times because I misunderstood the GPS. So there’s that.
