We came from a small town in, Elyria, Ohio and I was the youngest of four children. Mr. Smith didn’t seem to care about what was going on in my home life and just wanted results. I remember turning in papers and they would come back marked up in read ink telling me all the mistakes I made, most of those mistakes where punctuations and spelling. I have never been a great speller and I remember in one of his assignments he had us do was to write an essay and hand out copies to out classmates for them to read. Before handing out my essay, I had Mr. Smith look my paper over to get his thoughts on how it read.
Visual repetition and writing my notes help me to memorize information. I cannot draw the signs. Another barrier is that there is no one to practice with. I wish I had taken the class when my friend was still with me. Last, but not least is the lack of translation tools on the web or in our text.
“Detail how you would explain the importance of challenging oneself and excelling in math to an aspiring sixth grade student about to enter the seventh grade” When I was in sixth grade I was one of the worst students, I was almost held back for a year. I was horrible in almost every single subject but I was especially terrible in math. I never learned how to do long division by hand and barely knew how to multiply. All of my time in elementary school I had problems at home and never made math or any subject, for that matter, a priority. I was in your spot today graduating from elementary school and thought that I would never need to learn or use those concepts I had chosen to overlook.
Literacy Narrative Readings I have always dreamed of having a job in the law field but going to school has been a struggle for me ever since I was younger. I was the type of child that always stayed to myself, also known as the loner. My grandparents raised me and they were always at work so I never got any help with any of the work I would struggle on. So as most children with parents like mine I did not do very well. I started to flunk high school and started hanging out with the wrong crowd.
Writing has never been a strong suit for me. When I go through the writing process it is always a slow beginning. I normally begin by looking at the blank screen trying to figure out how I want to word things. As soon as I sit down and begin to write I always feel as though I have forgotten what I wanted to say. I am a Facility Chief in the Army and I am in charge of 2 Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) and 3 soldiers.
Let us start out with my own experience. Since I have not been to school for twelve years and never been to college before. I get my assignments everyday and have trouble just sitting down and getting started. There are simple distractions like the TV or a conversation with my roommate. When I do finally sit down to do the work, I will get a phone call or an email.
It is so much easier to use abbreviations when you are texting or sending Email to friends. I remember many of my peers’ views on reading novels, biographies and autobiographies. They thought there were too many words in those books and they consistently opted for Cliff Notes instead of actually reading the assigned reading material. When I was in high school, there were so many students who slacked off and just wanted the answer handed to them. They never read their textbooks or other learning material and they consistently cheated their way through school.
Writing scares me to DEATH! I decided to return to school and to start with an English class because for so long writing was the reason that kept me from going back. I walked into the building and I thought to myself; what was I thinking? I suck at writing! I don’t have a creative bone in my body.
Completely stunned by the first words coming out of this new, intimidating teacher, I was excited for an English class for the first time. Growing up I absolutely dreaded reading and writing. Literature as a whole was the bane of my existence. However, this teacher changed it all for me. Mr. Alessandri had us read Silence of the Lambs, Dune, and numerous short stories.
Doris Lessing, in an acceptance speech for a Nobel Prize in literature, states “Kids today don’t read, don’t write, and don’t care about anything further in front of them than their iPods. The internet has seduced a whole generation into its inanities.” After stating the beliefs of the older generation, Goldwasser begins to question the reason behind their beliefs. Amy states the older generation often conducts so many surveys out of jealousy, fear and ignorance. They fear that young people know more than they do. She brings up a good point that before the internet parents didn’t complain when kids would be in their rooms for hours writing letters to friends or talking on the phone.