My Personal Experience Of Reading And Writing

Every word written or read is a chance to better yourself or someone else. Our words carry an enormous significance with them. Even if a person doesn’t enjoy reading or writing, they can not deny that fact. I bring this up because reading and writing has shaped me into the person I am today. So it is no surprise that I am willing to rant about how great reading and writing can be.

As a reader and writer I always faced given assignments with the intent of doing exceptional jobs and take a sense of pride in my work to complete my tasks. As a reader, I will bore myself through out an entire book and realize I didn 't understand a single thing. Although as a writer, I can go on for so long losing myself on a topic because it feels more interactive. Reflecting on my experiences as a reader and writer have been very bold, I never really found a joy or an interest to become the exceptional student who stands out amongst others because, I always felt ok with myself and my results with the way I did things.

As a writer, I find myself getting lost. Typically, when I go to start writing I hit a brick wall. It’s as if all my thoughts suddenly escape my mind and I draw a blank. It takes me forever to conjure up some form of a thesis and then takes even longer to figure out what I should write to support it in a way that makes sense. Then, attempting to find a way to organize my ideas and put them together in cohesive paragraphs seems like an impossible task in the moment. It is not uncommon for me to get flustered and just throw something down on the paper because I get anxious seeing how much work is left to do. If I end up going back to read it over prior to submission,

I have never been the type of student who enjoyed reading or writing. I have always found it difficult to express myself by writing narratives, book reports, and any other required assignment. I am far more skilled at speaking or verbal expression in general as I have found over the years that people tend to misunderstand my point if it is written.

If I could describe my relationship with reading and writing it would most likely have to be, improving. Of course I would assume the same happens to all students that their reading and writing skills improve as they continue with their education. For me reading has been a passion, so my reading skills are pretty advanced and I can say I am able to read well. In my case, being a child of two Hispanic parents, I do have a slight accent that can get in the way and make my reading a bit rough. Usually it is not so bad, only on certain words that either I do not know how to properly pronounce or certain letters that my accent acts as a physical barrier where I have to sound it out more carefully or work around my accent. While that is the #1 major setback I have during reading. Even with that setback I can still say that I am confident in my reading skills, reading at a well speed, improving, reading various books all that combined allows to be able to read almost anything. What I do enjoy about reading is that I see it being able to bring myself into that world that the author is writing about or to envision the story they’re telling as a movie. I like the idea of just sitting back or laying down with a good book for hours and getting deep into whatever I am reading. Personally once I pick up a good book it is usually hard for me to put it down without the paranoia of not knowing how it ends will eat me up and I usually finish a book within a few days.

As a six-month-old baby books had opened up a whole entire new world of experience for me. My inspiration to learn how to read and write was encouraged by my Mother and Grandmother. This is because they read out loud to me before bed occasionally and gave me the best time of my life by introducing me to a library. By two years of age I developed speech and other communication skills. This helped me understand and develop a favorite book, “PJ Funny Bunny,” and I would stare at the pages pretending I was reading them. I would continually pretend to read with other Dr. Seuss books, Smurf pop-up books (I imagined I was a part of these for hours), sniff & scratches, and sensory books. I had just begun

For many people reading and writing are the most fundamental skills a person can learn, it can also greatly influence a persons cognitive thinking capacity and the sharing of information with others. However, in some parts of the world, people still do not have access to education or the ability to learn to read and write. Lacking the skill to read and write can make things tough for some one in todays society, however with the right resources and mentors to support, one can find a hidden passion for reading and writing. For me, reading and writing has never been one of my greatest skills, I had always struggled throughout my younger years of schooling to keep an interest. As of today, reading and writing has made a great impact on my life, especially in the last few years since I began college.

I picked up one of the books and fell in love with all the things that it could teach me. My mother who was a special education teacher at the time had always pushed me and my siblings to read. She brought home tons of books for us to read. When I told her I found a great book on horses she was so proud, and from that moment on I have always had a love of reading. My love for reading has grown so much that I now read everything in sight, but reading wasn’t enough for me as it turned out. From all the great books I read I started to come up with ideas about new exciting books people could write, that I could write. So during my eight grade year my burning desire to write a book compelled me to finally do so. I used three notebooks and a ton of lead and wrote my story. When I was finished, I typed it up on my computer and printed it out to show everyone I knew. When people saw that I wrote a book they were proud of me and this pride made me want to continue, but sadly school activities took up all my time and I was unable to finish my second book. My story of how I learned how to love to read and write isn’t quite like Sherman Alexie’s superman moment but it is

Therefore, my brother would buy a box of white chalks each week from a shop on the way to our schools. We would walk 30 minutes each school day to reach our schools. In the meantime, he would say vocabulary words; “barn”, “goat”, or “elephant,” to practice my spelling skills as we walked with white shirt and blue pants uniforms with red knitted backpacks. Our mother knitted us backpacks when the old ones torn apart, and made the new uniforms when they became unusable. She supported us every day on our literary journeys. Her hard work encouraged and inspired my brother’s ambition to succeed in literature to become stronger. His determination and dedication to succeed in literature became so vast that it dragged me into literature even more. I began to finish the boxes of white chalks by writing on the mini-chalkboard as children would finish boxes of candy each week. The mini-chalkboard soon became my essential writing tool in which I learned to write and practice my vocabulary with my older brother. These practice sessions became an everyday routine like the reading was. I began to read and write in decent form. They became familiar everyday. But soon the dream, which my brother and I saw while reading books, was turning into

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily often helplessly into another’s skin, another voice, another soul,” wrote Joyce Carol Oates.I remember how mesmerized I felt when my mom read to me, especially the sensation I felt as I imagined the soft breeze touching my skin, and the fragrance of its nature overpowering my senses. I love to escape from reality, experiencing the story like I was there. Reading has been a big part of my life, but I have had many obstacles that prevented me from really enjoying the pleasure of reading.

I attended Grand Blanc Academy in Grand Blanc, Michigan. I was sitting in a hard yellow chair with my name tag at the top of the table. My Pre-School teacher Mrs. Stringer would hand out writing paper to practice our writing. The paper contained a row with the letters provided for us to copy on the row below. After all the letters in the alphabet were completed, we would move onto do the same thing with numbers 0-10. After we completed our writing practice for the day, Mrs. Stringer would have us repeat the letters and numbers after her. Once we were completely finished with the lesson for the day she would hand out mini colorful mints. This was my first experience I remember learning how to write and the very beginning of learning how to read the letters and numbers.

All throughout my years of schooling, I’ve had just about, one paper that was about one page long, due every year. My papers never had to be more than one page in length. Therefore, I did not have to do much writing or do many essays. Surely not enough to remember any of the assignments. Writing has never been something I enjoyed doing, so I never bothered to many any memories of my writing experiences. I did not think it was necessary to remember any of them since I only had to do them to get a grade. The only writing experience I remember was the first assignment I had in this English 100 class about a writing experience. All week long, I sat there thinking about what to write about, but nothing came to mind as a topic. Then, one thing came to mind, but it was so very vague, I could not write the length that was needed for the assignment. I could only think of a few sentences to write for it. After sitting for a few moments longer, I thought, how about I write about how difficult it was for me to write this essay before it was due.

Every spare moment I have; I pick up a book or magazine, and get carried away, by the text. I visualize the story and its’ characters as if, the story is taking place right next to me. Furthermore, I predict the outcomes of the stories and pose questions in my mind about the characters. I enjoy reading biographies about famous people like Charles Dickens and Anne Frank. Additionally, I enjoy reading short stories and magazines such as; Binah, Ami, and Mishpachah. I am fascinated by the astounding articles in the Ami. For example, the article about a “Journey to North Korea”, makes me feel as if I had experienced it myself.

Growing up, I remember my parents always reading a book or a magazine. Every night before bed, my parents would let me pick out a book and we would sit together and read. That was my favorite time of the day because as soon as I open a book I am brought into another dimension without even leaving my bed. The books I remember that I always loved that my parents would read to me, were the Dr.Seuss books. These books always took me on magical adventures. My love for reading continued to grow. I loved to reading about different adventures and I would imagine myself as the main character in these stories. Reading and writing can help people because they might be struggling with issues that are difficult to cope with. One of the writers that I relate to the most is Eudora Welty. She wrote a short essay called “One Writer’s Beginnings.” I share many similarities with her because both of our parents read to us when we were kids. Eudora Welty “is known for her eye for the telling detail and for her sophisticated sense of humor” (297). Another author that I can relate to is Richard Rodrigues who wrote the short essay called “The Lonely,Good Company of Books.” In his essay, it says, “Richard Rodrigues often writes about what, exactly, it means to be and American and his views against affirmative action and bilingual education have him a controversial figure in many circles.” Richard Rodrigues and I can relate because at some point in our

This course has expanded my knowledge and view of reading and writing vastly. Following each paper, reading, and class discussion I learned more about myself as a student, and the world as a whole. I have found the books Rules for Writers and Ways of Reading thoroughly helpful throughout the course. This class entails a variety of aspects of the problem-posing concept of education; it truly involves the students and teaches them to think, read, and write individualistically, analytically, and clearly.