My Love Of Reading And Writing

In school, I was forced to read for a certain amount of time every day. In every one of my elementary classes we had to take about a half an hour every day to read the books that we had picked from the library. Most of my teachers had a reading center with bean bags or pillows

People today have lost interest in reading. Otis Kramer says in The Decline of Reading in the U.S. Damages Our Intellectual Life, “For the first time in modern history, less than half of the adult population now reads literature.” When children are not taught to enjoy reading they carry that through life which causes problems that are hard to fix later in life. There is a loss of interest in reading because of schools, parents and technology. This can cause problems with intellect and mental states. Parents can solve this, if they teach their children to enjoy reading early on.

Certain individuals enjoy reading and use it as a getaway from everyday life; unfortunately, beginning at an early age, I had to read at a lower level than everyone else. I grew to despise reading and writing. Starting in grade school, when we were first taught to read, I had to be put in special classes to try and improve my reading and writing skills. Due to my lack of reading skills, it quickly separated me from the rest of my class which, consequently, made me dislike the English subject. The dislike for reading was because I had to work so much harder than anyone else to understand and complete my assignments. This was not the only instance of when I felt that I was not up to par with the

A culturally competent educator must understand and ingrained themselves in the cultures of their school’s community. Furthermore, this competence has the potential to become developed inside and outside the classroom. As a future educator, my plan is to grasp the personal knowledge of the cultures in my school’s community through participating in volunteer work in the designated area. Additionally, I can expand the understanding of the proper approach for teaching students in communities with diverse cultures though reading books with similar experiences. Finally, my plan should consists of observing children’s behavior and interests throughout the school day to develop a curriculum which correlates to student’s personal

Suddenly, enjoying a book was not enough anymore. I had to analyze it and uncover hidden meanings. I had to pull out every metaphor and flip through the pages for similes and character descriptions. My reading pace slowed because I had to stop on every other page to mark something down or highlight a specific word. I often told my mother that I probably would have enjoyed reading required books more if they were not assigned for school. Annotation and analyzations and the tests that came with them became a hindrance to my reading. In the following years, I would have to read for my English classes over the summer, I did not get to. My joy and sheer excitement for reading had plummeted severely. I still enjoyed the act of reading itself but with the school’s required literature, in addition to receiving more difficult homework in other classes, I began running out of time to read for fun. The term “reading for fun” should not exist, because there is no reason a child should not have fun reading, even if it is for a school assignment. It seemed, and still seems to me, that teachers were more concerned with making their class challenging than how much their students could truly benefit from the course. School is, and should be, a place of learning, but learning should not be equivalent to completing an assignment for the sole purpose of passing

Do you ever get bored by an article your teacher makes you read? Or do your fingers ever cramp up when your teacher wants you to write a whole book? Some books are very interesting and some are straight up boring. Some things you write is not everything you want to write about. Everyone has their own opinions on what they think about reading and writing but me on the other hand, I think reading and writing it straight up dumb. I had many experiences throughout my middle/ high school that made me dislike reading and writing. In middle school we had to take pssa testing, and then as we got to high school we had to take common assessments, sats and do a senior thesis paper as a one of our final grades. Reading books and writing was not terrible in middle school but when I you got to highschool it changed a lot.

I remember I would have competitions with myself to see how fast I could read a book. Slowly, as I got older I stopped reading and I could never figure out the reason why that was. I knew I still had a passion for reading, but I knew I could not find the time. The educational system does not provide choices, but repetitiveness. I could count on my hand the books that I truly enjoyed reading in school. I truly do love reading, so I will read anything put in front of me, but I can not speak on the behalf of others. I constantly hear students proclaim their hatred for reading, while in reality it is not reading in general, but what they are being forced to read. Reading books for school, is not what I consider reading. All students, in my opinion should have some type of passion for reading, no matter their level. Everyday I watch society and school slowly deteriorate our generations love of reading. I do not remember the last time I picked up and read a book, not because I don't want to, but because I can't. I can't because I am too busy reading and writing essays on a book I only read because I had no other choice. Readings such a magnificent thing, that is being pushed to the wayside and being forced on students by the educational system and its methods. The educational system could implement a passion for reading, by changing the criteria and letting us, the students

At this point in my life, reading would definitely not make a list of my favorite things to do, but this wasn’t always the case. Some of my youngest memories involve reading, and many of these memories are enjoyable. Every night before bed my mom would read to me, and I remember begging to read just one more before she tucked me in almost every night. This is when my love for reading sparked. Throughout grade school, I continued to read frequently and never found it to be a chore; however, once middle school hit I no longer included reading as a past time or found it pleasurable. Looking back now I realize this was when English class included more forced literature, and school consisted of reading extensive pages in textbooks. Reading

Throughout my childhood while growing up. I was nowhere near interested in reading, nor writing. I have had struggles with these two subjects throughout my academic

Starting from when I was young and to where I am today, I can tell you that I have a passion for reading. That’s right, from reading books at a young age to browsing on the internet today. I do enjoy what the perspective of the author of a book or a website is thinking of when they document their ideas. Of course I’m talking about the times when I get to read on my free time and not because I have to do it for the purpose of finishing a school assignment. Reading makes me lose all track of time because of how it introduces me to interesting topics, a way to see other people’s responses/opinions, and a perspective in how the author thinks.

School has had a large affect on not only the way I incorporate literacy into my everyday life, but how often I find myself wanting to participate in these activities. In middle school, and a bit into freshman year, I wrote and read for myself. I did this to make myself feel better if I was having a bad day, or to entertainment. Now, I find that not only do I have a very limited amount of time do these things for myself due to academics, but when I do have time, I don’t want to as much. As I take more challenging courses in school, I have found my want to read and write for pleasure dwindle significantly, as it has almost become a mundane task to complete for a grade. Writing argumentative essays over and over again,

Writing has always played a huge role in my life. I’ve been reading writing for as long as I can remember as I have an immense love of reading. This love would grow into a love for writing as well; I still stumble upon journals and writings from my five-year-old self about the happenings in my kindergarten class. As time would go on I would discover academic writing, and how to convey my thoughts on what was the topic of student that particular year or semester in my schooling. Later, writing would become a constant for me, and a comfort; I was known to my friends as always having a journal, and a pen on my person. I learned to write down my feelings and my thoughts, song lyrics that were in my head, reflections for the day. I learned how

My passion for reading is an aspect of me that has never failed to go unnoticed – it is hardly a surprise for those around me to see a book in my hand wherever I go, absorbed by a world that was not invented by me. As a result of this, I was recognised within school as my picture was placed on the wall in the English Department praising how much I read. As a child I wanted to become an author so the ability to enter somebody's thoughts through words on a page has always filled me with a genuine excitement. There is no doubt that an English degree at University is for me, I want to continue my love for the subject in depth and take this further to become a Secondary Teacher of English.

The first time I realized I enjoyed writing was when I read the book Coach Carter by Jasmine Jones. I know it sounds a little strange that I found out I enjoyed writing through reading, but in my mind it all makes sense. Reading allows individuals to see into other peoples lives and envision what they are living. Although I enjoy writing it was not something I was naturally very good at. However, as of right now I plan on trying my hardest to take the rules I have learned over time to apply to my writing to help improve it, along with any corrective criticism I can get. Something I find comfort in though is the idea that everybody has to start somewhere, and no matter where you start there is room for improvement and no one is perfect.

When you need a quiet place to read, study, or do homework, what comes to mind. I know most people will say the library. This is where I go to do homework, study, and write papers. A library has a lot of meaning to me because growing up, I went to the library to just read for fun or when I needed some time to myself. It is a quiet place where I can be alone with my thoughts. This is also where my passion for books and reading started. Since I was always in my school library, I one day decide to read a book. The first books that I read was the Magic Tree House series, the Bone comic books series and the Kingdom Heart manga series. I love and enjoy reading these chapter books, comics, and manga. I especially love the Harry Potter series and anything that Walter Dean Myers had written. JK Rowling and Walter Dean Myers are my favorite authors to read and enjoy. In general I am very comfortable with reading, books, and the library. They helped made me who I am as a person growing up and they still do. I remembered in middle school my English teacher told me after reading a book, you as a person change a little bit and you may not notice at first. I do believe that she was right and as I reflected back, books have changed me in a good way as a person.