"This I Believe" Essay 2

"The Magic of Letters" by Chameli Waiba, is about a girl who did not learn to read until she was an adult. She did not go to school and was illiterate. She realized that knowing words could change her life. She wanted to learn to read and write to change how she did and understood things. The knowledge that letters brought her also brought self-confidence. She changed her community and became more active and changed other's lives to give them access to letters and learning that she never had. This was all because she learned the magic of letters. 

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