I Always Loved To Write. Since I Was In Elementary School,

Literacy has always been an important part of my life. Unfortunately, I actually do not recall the moment when I realized that I could read by myself. I also do not remember reading or writing in my early years (kindergarten and first grade) or what my teachers taught me about literacy during that time. However, that doesn’t mean that literacy wasn’t important to me. I have always loved reading. My favorite moments from elementary school were when my favorite teachers would read to me and my classmates

part in today’s society that people often take for granted. It has been part of our lives since the day we were born. Each person’s literacy exposition is more than just their ability to read and write but it’s the reason why they read and write a certain way. My literacy practices began developing before I could even speak and from that point on they continued to flourish all throughout my years of school. I was lucky to have a strong foundation laid out for me at such a young age because my literacy

plots, and uses incredible language. I read two books by Hale: Dangerous and The Goose Girl. Dangerous is a sci-fi futuristic fiction, hopping all over the U.S and a island off the coast of Ecuador. The Goose Girl is a fascinating retelling of a Grimm's fairy tale. Both have a incredibly strong willed female, main characters who, at the beginning of the book have insecurities but grow out out of them. They both fall in love and face many challenges but always succeed in everything they try. Shannon

child to learn and acquire. The ability to read and write is needed in most people 's daily life, which is why it is so important for a child to learn these skills while they are young. Everyone 's literacy journeys are a little different, but here is my literacy journey. All throughout my life literacy has played a huge role in my life, even when I didn 't notice it. During my early literacy years, one of my first reading memories was when I was around three or four years old. Every night my mom

I heART writing Ever since I was a child, I have always had the inclination to pick up a crayon rather than a pencil. From learning how to write my ABC’s to dreading over typing eight page papers, learning how to progressively read and write has manifested into a rollercoaster within my life, emotionally, that is. But don’t get me wrong, writing has slowly inched its way into my being and will continue to stay for my journey through academia. I honestly feel that there’s some sort of creature within

Kay Redfield Jamison is a Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, however she did not achieve this level of success easily. In Jamison’s novel, An Unquiet Mind, she writes about her life and her battle with manic-depressive illness, revealing how someone’s life is impacted by a psychological disorder. Her novel revolves around her ailment and the situations she encounters along the way of her journey, such as attempting to commit suicide, suffering from deep depressions

fingers to a keyboard, I was always able to construct amazing stories. Though I have always had a passion for writing due to my mother, the continuously stressful demands put on me by teachers influence the way I currently write. My mother was always a role model and inspiration to me. When I was little I can still recall her sitting down with me and writing poems and songs that she would later read or sing to me. My mom is the reason my passion for writing started. She was a young mother and she

when my mother began teaching me how to write. Two of the most important people that made me who I am today are my wonderful parents. English was my second language and they knew how much I struggled with writing. Being bilingual wasn't easy. Words would slip out of my mouth, coming out as Spanglish. My parents saw the importance of education and guided me toward improving my speech skills by giving me extra help. My struggles made me despise writing. English was a hard language because it’s in the opposite

own hometown. Since I did move around a lot, you can only guess what happens in that process, I attended many different schools around that time of my life. Luckily, we’ve settled in to our dream house and are living life to the fullest. You can only imagen how my life was during the moving process, it was not fun because you would always have leave your friends behind and making new friends which is not my forte. But my educational journey began in kindergarten. At that time, I was attending Guy

I aspire to be the best person I can be, someone that I can proud of when I look back and be able to say “I overcame my obstacles”. My ultimate goal isn’t to be wealthy, or famous, or even have a family. It’s to be happy and satisfied with my life. However, I do have practical goals. For example, ever since I was in kindergarten I wanted to be a pediatrician when I grew up. At that time, I called a pediatrician a “baby doctor”, but people knew what I meant and I eventually learned the actual term