My Education: Seth Saeugling And Pamela Quick

Ever since I was younger I have always tried staying away from reading. The only person in my family that likes to read is my mom; however, she does not read often. Once she picks up a book, she cannot put it down. My dad on the other hand, never picks up a book. He and I are one in the same; we do not like reading because we have a hard time comprehending what we read. My brother also does not like to read. He does not like reading because he has a learning disability. My mom always had an extremely tough time getting him to read. Overall, my literacy experiences at home are few and far between.

My mother taught me how to read at a young age. She read to me before I could read which helped me learn new words and develop a basic understanding of literature at an early age. When it came time for me to attend elementary school, I remember heading to the library quite often. Books were organized based on what was thought to be the appropriate reading material for that grade level. I often found myself wandering down the isles with the older kids. I’m so grateful my mother encouraged reading as much as she did. If she hadn’t, it’s very possible I could have struggled with reading. If this were true, I wouldn’t have learned as much as I did, or had the desire to read, which is very important in order to become as advanced in literature as possible.

For some, reading and writing may come easy, but in my case I have always had difficulties. From my earliest years, the ability to read was never a struggle but having the ability to comprehend what I had read when I was finished has always been a weakness of mine. This made it extremely

Coupled with my hatred of school , reading and having to read novels never really helped. Although I had to buckle down, because of school, parents, and sports. I can read fairly well,

So everyday I would beg my mom and sister to help me with my reading. My mom would always help me whenever I asked, but my sister was a little bit harder to convince. Usually she would help me though. Once I began learning how to read, I realized how much fun it was. It was all I ever wanted to do. Whenever I was bored, I would just sit down and write out all the words that I could. But I would soon learn those words and go look through books to find new ones to learn. I quickly caught on and I was able to read simple books very well. I would practice whenever I could. When I was in the car I would read all the street signs and names of buildings that we passed by. Reading became my go to whenever I was bored, sad, angry, or just wanted to have a little

As a child I began reading in first grade. I have never had any reading difficulties or struggles. By the time I was is second grade my mom had to threaten me nightly, grounding me from books because I would get lost in the stories and stay

Previously in Primary School and all the way up to Junior High, me as well as all of the other students would have to take tests that would test our reading lexiles. A reading lexile told you the level of books you should be reading. After you got your lexile you would go find books with a sticker on them that matched your lexile. In 4th grade I had an 8th graders lexile, in 6th I had a High School lexile, and by the time I was in 8th grade the tests were saying that I had a college level lexile. When I was younger I hated that my mom always made me read but looking back now I feel very grateful for the pressure she was putting on me. If she never did then I would not be enjoying the books I am now or be as acute in reading as I am now.

I had a few obstacles in reading growing up that did not help me at all. In elementary school I was in special reading classes. Nothing really ever caught my eye when I had to read. My teachers always picked what I had to read, I was not given the choice to read what I wanted. I also had a really hard time understanding what I was reading because of that I would always fritter my time away. I would just sit there and pretend like I was doing my work. I just disliked reading and everything that went with

As a child I struggled significantly with literacy. Words, letters and sounds made no sense to me and I would marvel over pages filled with lines and squiggles wondering how everyone else saw something I couldn’t see. Words felt like Magic Eye Illusions; if I stared long enough maybe I could see something special there too. It wasn’t long before I was diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. These diagnoses, and the immediate response from my new educational team, was the safety net that kept me from slipping through the cracks. It was this life event that propelled me towards a career in education.

As a child, I never particularly liked school. I recall in elementary school, I always dreaded reading time the most. I would see all the students in the class pulling out their “Magic Tree House” books and sitting back spending time practicing their reading. I didn’t really understand why during this time I was pulled out of class to read aloud with a small group. I have always had a harder time reading and writing than most of my peers. As a young child, I was told that some people just have to try a little harder, and I always was always one of “those people”. When it came time for reading homework I would get assignments that were should have taken 30 minutes at night. It usually involved reading a section out loud to one of my parents and having them sign off that

First, I asked my father. Even if my mother was the one to read to me the most as a child, my father was the one to often encourage my reading and writing once I learned how. As I said before, he, much like myself, has no recollection of learning to read as a child. What he does remember is how when he was in the sixth grade, he tested into the reading level of a freshman in college. He remembers how he always

Some of my earliest memories about reading are when I was in Kindergarten my mom and I would read Dr. Seuss picture books before bedtime. My favorite one was the “One Fish Two Fish” and I always wanted to read it. Later on we stopped reading books and I fell behind on the reading curve for school. I began to dislike reading and I only did it when I had to, I never read on my own. No matter what my mom did to try and get me to read more it never worked

First of all, My reading journey hasn’t been the best but here we go. I haven’t read a book since second grade until this year. I tried to read but it just wasn’t for me. I got my mom to read to me every night. Then she tried to make me read to her and I couldn’t I kept switching the letters around, later we found out I had dyslexia.

As a child, I struggled to learn to read. I was a slow reader and it often took much longer for me to read a story or a book than it did my peers. Reading was not enjoyable, so I procrastinated on completing homework and I never read for pleasure. Avoiding reading because it’s not fun makes it hard to improve. When forced to read, I would usually choose books below my reading level so that it would be easier. I wanted to like reading - I enjoyed going to the library and to the book store. The smell and feel of a new book was captivating, but trying to understand difficult words just frustrated me. During most of elementary school, I had an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and was pulled out of class during the day to go to Resource. Unfortunately, that wasn’t helpful as I ended up missing important lessons in my regular class and, as the most advanced student in Resource, I most often served as class

Reading is something that is taught to everyone in their early childhood, the time I learned to read I was very fond of books. I loved to read novels to myself and to read them out loud to my sister. I like reading action, thriller, historical fiction, and mystery. During my early childhood we would have challenges of reading such as wrapped up and reading, golden dragon. These were reading challenges for students to read 20-25 specific grade novels during the school year and at the end you got a party if you read at least 5-10. I used to love reading and at that time I would read at least 20 books because I wanted to go to the party and win something with the lottery tickets I got. My childhood was fulI of reading, even if I read because I was greedy and I read because of the party, it still improved my reading level. As I grew and grew my reading