I used to read more books that talked about the reality I lived in or science fiction. The way they were written it was amazingly interesting for me, like I would spent days and late nights just to get to the end. The opportunity to read showed me that there were so many ways that I could learn both fun and educational faces of the reading field. When I was in the fifth grade I started to write poems inspired from the readings I did. The school principal and later on my English proffesor followed up with me in my career as a good reader.
My parents realized they would soon have to spell things out, as many parents do. As soon as I learned to spell, which wasn’t long after I learned to read, my parents had no hope. I had entered their secret world of language, and I wasn’t leaving anytime soon. This love affair with language and books continued well into elementary and middle school where I surpassed my Accelerated Reading points every six weeks. My parents and I even had a system: when we had finished dinner, we would go into my room and snuggle up with a book that either they or I had picked.
In this essay I’m going to talk about how literature has affected me, and in a small way determined who I am today, and how it has affected my views on certain subjects. Various types of literature have taught me many interesting things about the world, cultures, and most importantly, myself. Also I’ll describe my history as a reader and my plan for reading in the future. Literature has somewhat sculpted me into the person I am today. I believe that children are very easily influenced, and as a child I was exposed to literature almost every night.
Gerson Guevarra Professor Juarez English A: MW 9:30 am November 29, 2010 My Journey to Reading and Writing (Re-write) Reading is a natural habit that most people will learn in life. Everybody learns differently however. Some may be faster than others, and some may be slower. The reading process as a whole is a very complex area, and is constantly changing. For me, reading and comprehending has been a challenge throughout my life from learning to speak English as a language, finding the interest for reading, and being able to understand the things I read.
Jim Keenan English 101 It Puts The Lotion In The Basket As most kids gradually start to read more and more as they mature, I was one of the few who didn't learn to enjoy reading until senior year of highschool. The teachings of Tom Alessandri were the sole cause of my newfound appreciation for literature. All it takes is the inspiration of one individual to turn someone onto reading and writing. Tom Alessandri was the last highschool English teacher I had, taking his Science Fiction & Horror Literature class. While many people would be discouraged by the title of the class alone, I was intrigued and immediately signed up.
So, I kept trying to read them and pretty soon I got the hang of reading novels. As seen seen throughout the paper some text related to me and others didn't. Some relate more than others but the main thing is, that they are still important no matter how insufficient . This is my culminating project for unit two that explains how the texts still relate to
At primary school I was able to read for myself some of the books that were meant for grade ones up to grade four leaners books and also had little assistant from my teachers and mother with all the words I did not know at the time. From then I had favorite books that I could read fluently and understand. These included Tom and Jerry, Cat in the hat, the three little pigs and much, much more that I used to read on a daily basis for my family and friends. The love of reading made me a very imaginative kid and a curious one at that, every week I wanted a different career when I grow up, which was very interesting and confusing also for my mother. Throughout primary School and high school my love of reading and writing grew and so, did the number of books and also my ability to pronounce and understand English.
I was (unbelievably) able to balance both my school career and my drawing career. That spurt of relentless creativity and tireless devotion lasted all of a year or two, sporadically at that. What ended my mad quest for a pro career was the realization (when I was about 15) that artists really don’t have a reliable source of income. That, and…was this really what I wanted to be doing for the rest of my life? Sitting at my drawing table with a sketchpad and stubby pencil clutched in my clammy, sun-deprived hand?
The reason I decided to do my zine about my love for Lego, is because I stepped on a piece when I was home for the weekend. It is a love hate relationship that I have with Lego now because I always step on them but I used to love then when I was growing up. When I was little, I didn’t have a lot of video games, so I spent a lot of time building random models with Legos. But now, as a college student, I barely have time to sleep let alone spending hours building with Legos, so I made this zine as a little dedication to my childhood. I designed this zine as a timeline that shows how my love for Lego started, how it followed me through the years, and where it is right now.
I have always been a social person, constantly working on projects, hobbies and going out with friends. Yet, the main thing that assisted me through my stay was reading. I love to read. And if I could do nothing else for the next several days I know I could lose myself in literature. When I left the hospital I would begin an aggressive chemotherapy for at least the next six months.