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Funda Nsuku Zonke

Angazi ngawe, kodwa ngifunda nsuku zonke. Kwesinye isikhathi kuba yizindaba zezemidlalo nje, kodwa ngivamise ukufunda izincwadi nsuku zonke. Ngisho ukuthi; uma ngingekho matasa, ngingangena kalula ngencwadi eyodwa noma ngaphezulu egcwele ngosuku! Ngincamela izincwadi eziphathekayo, kodwa kukhona futhi izinzuzo zokufunda kuhlelo lwami lokusebenza lwe-Kindle noma lwe-Kindle kufoni yami. Kusuka ku-“Ingwe iyikati elesabekayo,” incwadi yokuqala engiyikhumbulayo engiyikhumbula ngibiza intandokazi yami, ukuhlangana nomunye wababhali engibathandayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule, angisakhumbuli isikhathi lapho ukufunda kwakungeyona ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwami, futhi ndinomkhaya wami okufanele ngiwubonge. lokho. Abazali bami, ogogo nomkhulu, obabekazi, kanye nomalume babevame ukungipha izincwadi, futhi ngiseneziningi zezintandokazi zami kusukela ebuntwaneni, kuhlanganise nesethi egcwele (futhi esindayo) yazo zonke izincwadi eziyisikhombisa zika-“Harry Potter”.

Omunye wogogo bami wayesebenza emtatsheni wezincwadi iminyaka eminingi, futhi wangenisa mina nomfowethu emhlabeni waseHogwarts kudala ngaphambi kokuba uHarry Potter, uRon Weasley, kanye noHermione Granger babe izibongo. Umngane wakhe wayehlala eNgilandi, lapho izincwadi zazikhula ngokushesha, futhi wazidlulisela kugogo ukuze azihlanganyele nathi. Sabanjwa khona manjalo. Izinkumbulo eziningi engizikhonzile zihlanganisa “uHarry Potter,” okuhlanganisa nomama esifundela izahluko ezinde njengendaba ngaphambi kokulala nokulalela ama-audiobook ohambweni olude (kodwa ngingavumeli abazali bami ukuthi bakhulume, ngisho nokunikeza iziqondiso, uma kwenzeka siphuthelwe noma yini - noma bezazi izindaba ngokuseduze), kanye amaphathi okukhipha phakathi kwamabili ezitolo zezincwadi zaseBorders. Lapho ngifika ekhaya ngivela emcimbini wokugcina wokukhululwa we "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," ngaqala ngokushesha incwadi futhi ngayiqeda - ngisakhumbula isikhathi esiqondile - emahoreni amahlanu nemizuzu engu-40.

Nginenhlanhla ukuthi bengihlezi ngingumfundi osheshayo, futhi ngizama ukunyonyoba ngifunde noma nini lapho ngikwazi – ngenkathi ngikulayini esitolo sekhofi ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-Kindle efonini yami; ngenkathi sihamba; ngesikhathi sekhefu lokuthengisa lapho ngibukele ezemidlalo kumabonakude; noma ngekhefu lami lesidlo sasemini emsebenzini. Ngikuncoma lokhu, kanye nesidingo sokuphazanyiswa ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke, ngokungisiza ukuthi ngifunde inani lezincwadi ezingama-200 ebezingatholakali ngaphambilini ngo-2020. Ngokuvamile ngigcina ngifunda izincwadi ezingaphezu kwe-100 unyaka ngamunye, kodwa lapho ngiba ngcono, kuba ngcono!

Ungase ucabange ukuthi lokhu kusho ukuthi indlu yami igcwele izincwadi, kodwa akunjalo! Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngeqoqo lami lezincwadi, kodwa ngiyakhetha kakhulu izincwadi engizengezayo kulo. Uma ngithenga izincwadi, ngivame ukuthenga kuzo izitolo zezincwadi ezizimele, ikakhulukazi uma ngivakashele idolobha noma isifunda esisha – ngifuna ukuya esitolo sezincwadi okungenani esisodwa kuzo zonke izifunda zase-US, zonke izifundazwe zase-Canada, nakuwo wonke amazwe engiwavakashelayo.

Iningi lezincwadi engizifundile zivela kumtapo wolwazi wendawo. Noma nini lapho ngithuthela endaweni entsha, enye yezinto zokuqala engizenzayo ukuthola ikhadi lomtapo wolwazi. Ngibe nenhlanhla ukuthi yonke indawo engike ngahlala kuyo ibe nenqwaba imalimboleko yemitapo yolwazi ikhathalogi, okusho ukuthi kuyivelakancane ukuthi ngeke ngikwazi ukuthola incwadi engifuna ukuyifunda emtatsheni wezincwadi. Ngiyithandile imitapo yolwazi ehlukene edolobheni ngalinye engike ngahlala kulo, kodwa intandokazi yami iyohlale ingumtapo wolwazi wedolobha lakithi.

Umtapo wezincwadi wedolobha lakithi wasiza ekujuliseni uthando lwami lokufunda ngezindlela eziningi. Ngiseyingane, ngikhumbula ngihamba nenqwaba yezincwadi ezazisongela ukungiwisa futhi ngibambe iqhaza ezinselele zokufunda zasehlobo ezazisivuza ngokudla uma sifunda izincwadi ezanele (ngangihlala ngikwenza). Esikoleni esiphakathi, ibhasi lalingehlisa mina nabangane bami emihlanganweni yangemva kwesikole se-Cocoa Club - iklabhu yethu yezincwadi - lapho izingxoxo zethu zazigqugquzelwa ukhokho omnandi oshisayo kanye nebhotela le-microwave popcorn. Ngine-Cocoa Club okumele ngibonge ngokungethula komunye wababhali engibathandayo, u-Jodi Picoult, engigcine ngihlangane naye ngo-2019.

Mina no-Jodi Picoult ohambweni lwakhe lwezincwadi lwe-“A Spark of Light” ngo-2019. Wangivumela ukuba ngime nencwadi engiyithandayo, ethi, “The Pact,” engayifunda okokuqala emuva ku-Cocoa Club.

Amakilabhu ezincwadi ayindlela ejabulisayo yokuchayeka kubabhali abahlukene nezinhlobo futhi ukwenza amakilabhu ezincwadi ayindlela enhle yokuhlala uxhumene nomndeni nabangane ezweni lonke. Ukuxoxa ngezincwadi, ngisho nangaphandle kwamakilabhu ezincwadi, kuyindlela ejabulisayo yokuxhumana nabanye. Nakuba ukufunda ngokuvamile kuwumsebenzi wedwa, kungahlanganisa abantu ngezindlela eziningi.

Ukufunda kuseyindlela engiyithandayo yokudlulisa isikhathi endizeni ende noma ngenkomishi yami yekhofi yasekuseni, futhi indlela engiyithandayo yokufunda okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka nganoma iyiphi intshisekelo engacacile enginayo. Nginokunambitheka okuhle kokufunda okuhlukile; izincwadi engizikhonzile zisukela ezinganekwaneni zamanje noma ezibhaliwe kuye emibhalweni yempilo yezemidlalo kanye nezikhumbuzo kanye nezincwadi okungezona ezinganekwane mayelana nokuqwala izintaba. Izinhlobonhlobo zezincwadi ezikhona namuhla zisho ukuthi ukufunda kungokwawo wonke umuntu. Uma ubunethemba lokubuyela emkhubeni wokufunda noma uzame uhlobo olusha, ngithemba ukuthi lokhu okuthunyelwe kuyakukhuthaza. Nakuba i-2 March iqokwe njenge Funda Ngalo Lonke Usuku LwaseMelika, ngicabanga ukuthi zonke izinsuku kufanele zinikezelwe ekufundeni!