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My Daily Life In Everyday Life

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Books are essential to everyday life. They provide entertainment to the masses. They allow students to learn without teachers. They can contain anything that someone might want to read. Books have shaped my life and made me the person I am today. Just as Sherman Alexie found his calling as a child in books and reading, books taught me things that teachers couldn’t and were there for my learning when no one else could be.
When I was in kindergarten, I was the only child in my class who didn’t know how to read. I had grown up listening to stories, weaved into my imagination by my parents. When I found out that I would be able to read those stories ourselves, I was stunned. Every day in class, I would try my best to learn and catch up with my peers. Day after day I left class feeling more and more hopeless in my attempts. A wrong vowel. A bad pronunciation. A long word. I was nearly ready to give up, when at last, I made a breakthrough. I finished my first book, a thin paperback copy of Dick and Jane. The fact that the book couldn’t have been more than five pages was irrelevant, I had tasted the Lotus, and would never go without it again. From that day on, my school and home life were filled with reading. I finished all the Dick and Jane books, so I started reading short picture books. I finished the short picture books, and started reading Curious George. I finished Curious George and started reading novels. The pages sang to me, painted pictures of faraway lands, heroes, and

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