ON ESPN.COM SUNDAY THERE WAS THE HEADLINE that said, ‘Dak
Needs All The Reps He Can Get’. Dak is the rookie quarterback for the
Cowboys, Dak Prescott. Randy Moss is the one who said it. He’d know what it
takes to succeed in the NFL.
Reps are important for a young quarterback. They’re
important for you and me too. From bowling to yoga to learning how to fly fish
to doing crossword puzzles.
When people ask me, out on the sidewalk where I hold my
sign, what I would do about the failure of the schools to teach every school
kid to read well, I often say, They need more reps. The schools have to see to
it that the kids, who come from places where they didn’t read much or get read
to much, get the chance in school to catch up with the curriculum that’s based
on being able to read well. It can’t happen by putting college banners up in the
hallways and classrooms of grade schools. It can’t happen by calling third
graders scholars. It can only happen with reps.
