Owning a book at that time was a big deal. The book was an essential tool of education, and Charles Dandy, who writes his name several more times in his book, was very proud of the tool he owned. From printed words to digitalized text, from quills and ink to laptops, from the abacus to slide rules and the pocket calculator the tools of education have changed remarkably over the years. Yet, education itself is a tool, a tool indispensable to human kind and to the ability to continue to learn throughout our lives. Can you remember your first school books, the ones that you got to take home, or what it felt like getting ready for the school year and buying pencils, paper, and binders? Was it exciting?